With a history of stripped socio-political rights, very low literacy rates, communal violence and genocide, it is imperative to have well-funded research work in identifying the Miya refugees. Goals: 1. Document the everyday economic lives of the Miya community and understand how they define themselves. 2. Map the Miya refugee population in Assam (using several definitions) and overlay it with a map of food consumption, wealth, and income to formally ascertain the level of aid needed. 3. Relay this information to helpful donors, (governments, IGO and NGOs, private sector) and lay the initial groundwork of an economic safety net. This initiative focuses only on Miya refugees, regardless of whether they are legally given the status or not. As of yet, there is no comprehensive registry for this extremely discriminated-against category. However, if we look back into the CAA and NRC controversies, the issue of defining 'Miya' has proved to be almost impossible. I intend to apply different definitions of Miya people, including the way they define themselves, to collected tehsil-level micro-data and isolate out this particular group of people, so as to more precisely funnel aid to the required people.