The refugees say they don’t want charity, but they’d like Indian citizenship and identity cards, which they hope will remove the hurdles they face in India today. “We don’t want to beg, we are hard working people and know how to earn our bread,” said Das adding that many of them were educated and were well-settled in Pakistan. Laxman claimed that he used to earn commissions as high as 50,000 Pakistani Rupees and now earns Rs 300-400 (INR) daily. Without identification that declares them Indian, the refugees end up doing odd jobs, like selling mobile covers.