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With reference to the ‘Refugee in India’, consider the following statements

In India the State governments have no powers to grant refugee status to any foreigner.
India is not a signatory party of the United Nations Refugee Convention of 1951.

Select the correct statement.

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh to check illegal influx from Myanmar into India.

The State governments have no powers to grant “refugee status to any foreigner” and India is not a signatory to the United Nations Refugee Convention of 1951 and its 1967 Protocol.
It is a United Nations multilateral treaty that defines who is a refugee, and sets out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum.
It also set out which people do not qualify as refugees, such as war criminals.

Hence both statements are correct.