In the first phase, 527 refugees, including 172 children, residing in Naisingpara and Asapara relief camps will be repatriated as they have already aired their willingness to return to Mizoram, Joint Secretary of Home Department said.
The refugees, belonging to 102 families, would arrange for their own transports from Tripura. The transportation expenses would be reimbursed by the Mizoram government at the rate of Rs 5,500 per family, he said.
After crossing over the Mizoram-Tripura border, the Bru families would be first lodged in facilitation camps from where they would be taken to the designated villages where they would settle.
Three facilitation camps would be established at New Eden, Kanhmun and Zomuantlang villages in Mamit district, he said, adding that in the camps it would be verified whether they were bona fide residents of Mizoram.