"India has no official policy on refugees and yet asylum seekers from its troubled neighbors keep pouring in, looking at its size, stability and soft power. So how does the absence of guidelines for refugee protection play out in the treatment of asylum seekers in India? The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) World Refugee Survey estimates that India has at least 456,000 refugees in the country. The actual number could be much higher. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has recognized only 185,323 of them." (Quoted from article)