Agartala, May 6 : Only 37 Reang/Bru refugees of six families today returned to their ancestral land at Mizoram’s Mammit district from North Tripura district, official sources said. “The refugees were reluctant to return, but after much persuasion by the officials of Mizoram and Tripura government only 37 refugees returned to their evacuee camp in Kanchanpur sub-division of North Tripura”, the sources said. Earlier on April 6 last, as many as 747 Bru refugees of 141 families were scheduled to head back to Mizoram but refused to return. On March 18, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram had visited the Ashapara refugee camp and held meeting with refugees. In the meeting, Chidambaram had urged refugees and their leaders to return home for betterment of their children who are still denied of basic needs including education and healthcare. After the visit, it was decided that fresh repatriation would begin on April 26 and the Centre will provide funds for their resettlement in Mizoram.