Meet Chanda Devi. Illiterate and a mother of two, she and her husband fled with their infant daughter from their village in Pakistan two years ago on a 15-day religious visa. They are yet to obtain a long-term visa in India and live in Anganwa camp outside Jodhpur. They dare not return home where young Hindu women like her face the daily fear of kidnapping, forced marriage and rape. Her family’s prospects in India aren’t too bright either: Without any valid ID papers, her two toddlers may not easily be able to go to school here. Indian citizenship remains a
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UJAS continues efforts to put a human face on refugees, displaced people
Jodhpur-based Universal Just Action Society has been advocating integration of displaced communities into society and granting them long-term visas, if not citizenship
 "UJAS is also training women in these camps to use their innate needlework skills to produce marketable crafts; (right) refugees at a camp")
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UJAS is also training women in these camps to use their innate needlework skills to produce marketable crafts; (right) refugees at a camp
