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The words migration and refugees were gaining importance day by day in the national as well as international level because the problem of refugees, statelessness, deprivation, and Asylum were quite common in most of the countries. In the different countries refugees were represented in different way such as Vietnamese refugees, Bangladeshi refugees, Rohingiya refugees and Venezuela refugees etc. but their deprivation level is share almost similar. The word refugees bring itself, stateless, lack of basics right, harder to survive and instability of life etc. similar types of problems facings by Chakma community in the Arunachal Pradesh. Chakmas were basically original inhabitant of Chittagong hill tract of Bangladesh. They were fled to India in the year 1964 and then NEFA (North-East Frontier Agency) through Lushai hill of Mizoram due to construction of Kaptai dam (Hydro project) on Kharnaphuli river which was submerge the area of Chittagong hill tract of Bangladesh (specially submerge the area of Chakmas inhabitant), which make thousands of Chakmas people displaced from Chittagong hill tracts to NFFA (presently Arunachal Pradesh) and sought asylum and branded as refugees in Arunachal Pradesh. Sine three generation had been passed the community migration from Bangladesh to NEFA and the community is still suffering from their basic rights as well as continuously fighting for the status of citizenship right. The present study focused on the Chakma Community residing in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh with the objectives such as different causes of displacement from Chittagong hill tract of Bangladesh to NEFA, different reason to opposed by Arunachali indigenous tribes to settle in the state and what are the active role playing by government to granting them citizenship status. The study concluded, the active role of Chakmas development leaders contributing towards society, and the role of Supreme Court, central government protect them in the state.