The sources said that while 71 Bru families were expected to return today, the number of families who would actually cross the border was yet to be ascertained.
The repatriated families would be taken to their respective villages where they would be resettled after identification process is completed, they said, adding that the refugees would be resettled in Mamit district.
Many Bru families were reluctant to return to Mizoram as the season for preparation of jhum cultivation was already over, Bru leader Elbis Chorky said. Chorkhy said that they had appealed to the Union Home Ministry to extend the period of providing free ration to the repatriated refugees from one year to two years.