Assam deported 3,100 foreigners since 2001, says Sarma
1 year, 3 months ago

Assam deported 3,100 foreigners since 2001, says Sarma

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI A total of 3,100 people declared and convicted as foreigners by tribunals in Assam have been deported since 2001, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the 126-member State Assembly on Monday. This transit camp was opened on January 27 after the people declared non-citizens by Foreigners’ Tribunals or quasi-judicial courts were shifted from six central jails across the State. Steps against people with doubtful citizenship are taken according to the Foreigners’ Act of 1946, the Foreigners Order of 1964 and notifications issued by the Centre from time to time, Dr. Sarma said. The Chief Minister also cited data provided by the State’s inspector general of prisons to underline the expenditure on maintaining the transit camp for declared foreigners.

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Declared foreigners, 28 in Assam sent to ‘transit camp’
4 months ago

Declared foreigners, 28 in Assam sent to ‘transit camp’

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Police in western Assam’s Barpeta district sent 28 people declared non-citizens by the Foreigners’ Tribunals to a ‘transit camp’ at Matia in the Goalpara district on Monday. “The police acted on the tribunal’s directive and ensured the transportation of the declared foreigners to the transit camp,” he said, underscoring the government’s efforts to identify and detain people suspected to …

Two Bangladeshis detected in Assam, pushed back: Himanta Biswa Sarma
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Two Bangladeshis detected in Assam, pushed back: Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu  

Two Bangladesh nationals who illegally entered India were detected in Assam and sent back to their country, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. "Two Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended at Badarpur railway station by @assampolice," Mr. Sarma wrote on X. "In collaboration with the BSF, Assam Police successfully pushed them back across the border last night," the chief minister added. Mr. …

Supreme Court Directs Union To Immediately Deport 17 Foreigners Detained In Assam's Transit Camps As No Cases Are Pending Against Them
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Directs Union To Immediately Deport 17 Foreigners Detained In Assam's Transit Camps As No Cases Are Pending Against Them

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today directed the Union Government to take immediate steps for deporting 17 declared foreigners detained in transit camps of Assam. The Court took note of the report submitted by the Assam Legal Services Authority Committee who were directed on April 30 to visit the detention centres to ascertain the number of foreigners detained for 2 years and …

More than 1.59 lakh declared as 'foreigners' in Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma
10 months, 4 weeks ago

More than 1.59 lakh declared as 'foreigners' in Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Hindustan Times  

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has shared that more than 1.59 lakh people have been declared as 'foreigners' in the state so far. Assam chief minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma Sarma was responding to a question by opposition AIUDF legislator Aminul Islam in the assembly. In response to another question from Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed, Sarma said as per …

30,000 of 1.56 lakh illegal foreigners deported: Assam Minister Atul Bora
1 year, 3 months ago

30,000 of 1.56 lakh illegal foreigners deported: Assam Minister Atul Bora

India TV News  

Assam Minister Atul Bora on Wednesday told the state Assembly that more than 1.56 lakh illegal foreigners have been detected in the state as per the 1985 Assam Accord provisions while over 30,000 of them have been deported so far. "1,56,651 illegal foreigners have been identified in the state till July 31, 2023, as per the Accord regulations. Bora said …

Matia 'Transit Camp' Is No Answer, Assam Needs a Non-Punitive Immigration Policy
1 year, 11 months ago

Matia 'Transit Camp' Is No Answer, Assam Needs a Non-Punitive Immigration Policy

The Quint  

The lack of due process norms in the functioning of Foreigners Tribunals, and the resultant challenges faced by litigants have been well documented. The push towards criminalising immigration took another step when the Citizenship Act, 2003, introduced the category of “illegal migrants”, denoting criminality to persons who enter India without a valid passport or travel documents, or stayed beyond the …

Temporary jails in Assam for those arrested in crackdown on child marriage
1 year, 11 months ago

Temporary jails in Assam for those arrested in crackdown on child marriage

India Today  

The Matia transit camp in Assam’s Goalpara and a stadium in Silchar are now temporary jails for the state government for those arrested on charges of either marrying girls under the age of 18 or solemnizing and encouraging over 2,400 such marriages. As many as 2,441 people have been arrested across the state, including priests, kazis, married minors, and their …

Assam: Man gets 20 yrs rigorous imprisonment for drug peddling
2 years ago

Assam: Man gets 20 yrs rigorous imprisonment for drug peddling

India TV News  

A court in the Nagaon district of Assam has awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to a person found guilty of drug trafficking. Nagaon District and Session Judge Nilkamal Nath on Saturday also imposed a fine of Rs 3 lakh on the convict, Habil Ali, for failing to pay which he will have to spend another 18 months in jail. …

4,449 families evicted since BJP returned to power in Assam
2 years, 3 months ago

4,449 families evicted since BJP returned to power in Assam

Deccan Chronicle  

GUWAHATI: A total of 4,449 families have been evicted across Assam for alleged encroachment since the BJP-led government took charge in May last year, the state Assembly was informed on Monday. On whether the evicted families were Indians or foreigners, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the government has not carried out any investigation on their citizenship. In a written …

31 declared foreigners died in detention centres from 2016 to 2021: Assam govt
2 years, 9 months ago

31 declared foreigners died in detention centres from 2016 to 2021: Assam govt

Hindustan Times  

SILCHAR: A total of 31 persons who were declared foreigners have died in Assam’s six detention centres between 2016 and 2022, according to a statement by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made in the state assembly. The foreigners tribunal courts in Assam have issued notices to 19,358 persons between May 1, 2021 and February 28, 2022 asking them to prove …

Assam: India deports 22 Bangladeshi nationals through Sutarkandi border checkpoint
2 years, 10 months ago

Assam: India deports 22 Bangladeshi nationals through Sutarkandi border checkpoint

India TV News  

Highlights India on Feb 12 deported 22 Bangladeshi nationals through Assam's Sutarkandi border checkpoint The officials had deported Bangladeshi nationals through legal procedures via international border Bangladeshi nationals had entered India without valid documents in different parts of Assam India on Saturday deported 22 Bangladeshi nationals through Assam's Sutarkandi border checkpoint. The officials had deported the Bangladeshi nationals through legal …

Assam misses Gauhati HC-set deadline for Goalpara transit camp construction
3 years, 2 months ago

Assam misses Gauhati HC-set deadline for Goalpara transit camp construction

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: The Assam government has missed a Gauhati High Court-set deadline to complete the construction of a standalone detention centre for the declared foreigners at Matia in the state’s Goalpara district. “…The State envisaged that the construction of detention centre at Matia, Goalpara would be completed by September, 2021. In this regard, the learned Advocate General has submitted although he …

Foreigners' Detention Centre: Gauhati High Court Grants 45 Days To Assam Govt For Completing Construction, Shifting Detenues
3 years, 4 months ago

Foreigners' Detention Centre: Gauhati High Court Grants 45 Days To Assam Govt For Completing Construction, Shifting Detenues

Live Law  

In a petition concerning detention of foreign illegal migrants, the Gauhati High Court recently granted 45 days' time to the Assam Government for completing the construction of a detention centre at Matia, Goalpara and shifting of detenues to the same thereafter.Justice Kalyan Rai Surana also directed the Secretary of Assam Government, Home and Political Department to file an updated. In …

Assam detention centres for foreigners renamed ‘transit camps’
3 years, 4 months ago

Assam detention centres for foreigners renamed ‘transit camps’

The Hindu  

Assam’s detention centres for foreigners and those declared such by specific tribunals have been renamed as transit camps. On July 19, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had told the State Assembly that the detention centres have 181 inmates, 61 of whom are declared foreign nationals and 121 convicted foreign nationals awaiting deportation. Official data say 2,551 people were sent to …

After 10 Months of Submission, Sarbananda Sonowal Govt Yet to Examine Report on Clause 6 of Assam Accord
4 years ago

After 10 Months of Submission, Sarbananda Sonowal Govt Yet to Examine Report on Clause 6 of Assam Accord

News 18  

The Assam government on Monday said it is yet to examine the report on clause 6 of the Assam Accord prepared by the Centre’s high-level committee even though it was submitted 10 months ago. In a written reply to a query by Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said the government had decided to form …

Man who was declared ‘foreigner’ passes away at 104 in Assam
4 years ago

Man who was declared ‘foreigner’ passes away at 104 in Assam

The Hindu  

A bedridden man who was sent to a detention centre for foreigners at the age of 102 has died at his residence in southern Assam’s Barak Valley. “He could barely speak but had one last wish – to die as a recognised Indian,” she said from their residence at Amraghat near district headquarters Silchar. “Sad to know,” said Lakshmanan S., …

COVID-19 : Plea In SC Seeks Release Of Persons From Foreigners Detention Centres In Assam [Read Application]
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 : Plea In SC Seeks Release Of Persons From Foreigners Detention Centres In Assam [Read Application]

Live Law  

An application has been filed in Supreme Court seeking the immediate release of 'declared foreigners' detained across six detention centers in Assam citing the risk of contracting COVID-19 infection. The applicant, an Assam based Public Charitable Trust 'Justice and Liberty Initiative', seeks to intervene in the matter where Suo Motu cognizance was taken by the Apex Court in an attempt. …

NRC and story of how Assam got detention centres for foreigners
5 years ago

NRC and story of how Assam got detention centres for foreigners

India Today  

Assam currently has six detention camps. Though detection, detention and deportation of illegal immigrants are old demands in Assam, a little background about the creation of these detention centres may help understand the context. FIRST DETENTION CAMPS In July 2009, then Assam Revenue Minister Bhumidhar Barman informed state assembly that two detention camps would be set up to hold illegal …

Almost 1.3 lakh people declared foreigners in Assam
5 years ago

Almost 1.3 lakh people declared foreigners in Assam

Hindustan Times  

The ministry of home affairs informed the Parliament on Tuesday that 1,29,009 people have been declared as foreigners while 1,14,225 people have been declared as Indians by the Foreigners Tribunals in Assam as of October 2019. The ministry of home affairs informed the Parliament on Tuesday that 1,29,009 people have been declared as foreigners by the Foreigners Tribunals in Assam …

Assam NRC mayhem: 60-yr-old woman jumps into well hearing rumours of being excluded, dies
5 years, 4 months ago

Assam NRC mayhem: 60-yr-old woman jumps into well hearing rumours of being excluded, dies

India Today  

Nearly 19 lakh people from Assam were excluded Saturday from a final citizenship list that is intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants, amid fears they could be rendered stateless. The rights group also urged the Assam government to ensure that "the Foreigners Tribunals function with utmost transparency and are in line with the fair trial standards …

30 illegal immigrants deported back to Bangladesh from Assam
5 years, 5 months ago

30 illegal immigrants deported back to Bangladesh from Assam

Op India  

30 Bangladeshi nationals who were lodged in Assam jails for illegally entering India were deported back to their country through Kalibari ghat border in Assam’s Karimganj district on Thursday. They were sent back in groups of 5 after completion of formalities and handed over to Bangladesh authorities.” Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants are different from ‘declared foreigners’ who are kept in detention …

58-year-old man dies in Assam detention camp for illegal immigrants
5 years, 7 months ago

58-year-old man dies in Assam detention camp for illegal immigrants

Hindustan Times  

The family of a 58-year-old man who died in a detention centre for illegal immigrants in Assam’s Tezpur accepted his body hours after police took it to his village in Nagaon on Sunday as they protested his wrongful confinement. Assam has 100 foreigners tribunals where those marked as suspected illegal immigrants either by the Border Organisation of Assam police or …

"Out Of 4600 Declared Foreigners Only 4 Have Been Deported? Is It Not Your Constitutional Duty?" CJI Pulls Up Assam Chief Secy
5 years, 9 months ago

"Out Of 4600 Declared Foreigners Only 4 Have Been Deported? Is It Not Your Constitutional Duty?" CJI Pulls Up Assam Chief Secy

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the state of Assam to furnish on affidavit the course of action it proposes to adopt to release those immigrants declared as foreigners who have been hauled up in its detention centres for years. The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi posed a series of tough questions to the state's Chief Secretary who …

SC calls Assam govt's affidavit on foreigners tribunal 'an exercise in futility', directs state chief secy to appear before it on 8 April
5 years, 9 months ago

SC calls Assam govt's affidavit on foreigners tribunal 'an exercise in futility', directs state chief secy to appear before it on 8 April

Firstpost  

The apex court directed the Assam chief secretary to appear before it and posted the PIL filed by activist Harsh Mander on the issue for 8 April. The bench was hearing a plea on the condition of detention centres in Assam and the prolonged detention of foreigners there New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday voiced unhappiness over the inaction …

Supreme Court pulls up Assam over migrant issue
5 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court pulls up Assam over migrant issue

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Assam government to spell out what measures they have taken to tackle the problem of large-scale influx of illegal migrants into the state. The top court noted that while the tribunals have declared 58,000 migrants as foreigners, there are only 900 inmates at detention centres. The court asked Assam government …

938 detained, 823 of them declared foreigners: Centre tells Supreme Court on details of functional detention centres in Assam
5 years, 10 months ago

938 detained, 823 of them declared foreigners: Centre tells Supreme Court on details of functional detention centres in Assam

India TV News  

Responding to the January 28 queries of the apex court which had asked the Centre and the state to provide details of functional detention centres in Assam and the foreigners detained in them during the last 10 years, the Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that 938 people are detained in six detention centres in Assam and 823 of …

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