ABSTRACT
As ethnocultural groups, refugees encounter host societies in mutual processes of accommodation. A nation’s immigration policy and its cultural diversity are examples of distal context variables that are likely to affect acculturation. Recognition as ‘refugees’ means acknowledgement about that fact that the individual has been forced to flee his/her country and that his circumstances are very different from other forms of voluntary migrants. Several other studies have tried to find correlation between the immigration policy of the host country and the identity profile chosen by the immigrant population. The ethnic Afghans experienced completely different sentiments from the surrounding host population where the lack of clarity about their legal status has encouraged more suspicion among the host population. The cardinal purpose of substantial research has been to study the temporal experiences of displaced Afghan population as they adapted to the changing environments during their settlement phase in India.
