Jammu, June 19 -- As the world marks World Refugee Day on June 20, Rajiv Chuni, Chairman SOS International- an organisation for displaced persons of Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK) on Thursday demanded refugee status for PoJK displaced persons.
In a handout issued here, Chuni, claiming to represent over 1.5 million PoJK displaced people, demanded that the Government of India and the UNHCR recognise their refugee status, denied for 78 years, to grant them access to international protections and aid.
"While the world celebrates, we are left in limbo, stripped of dignity and rights," he stated, highlighting a humanitarian crisis that undermines the spirit of World Refugee Day.
Since the 1947 conflict over Jammu and Kashmir, PoJK dis...