How Illegal Migrants Will Be Dealt With If Native Country Is Not Ready To Receive Them? Patna High Court Asks Centre

Dealing with the issue of human rights concerns of two women Bangladeshi migrants in the State, the Patna High Court recently constituted a three member advocates team to know about the conditions in which they were being kept in the After Care Home and directed the team to submit its report within one week in a sealed cover. The High Court was hearing a petition concerning two women Bangladeshi migrants namely Marium Khatoon and Mausmi Khatoon arrested from the Patna Railway Station, kept in an "After Care Home" for the past many years. Constitution of Three Lawyers Team Noting that the two females were illegal migrants who had entered Indian territory without valid documents, the High Court constituted a three lawyers team tasked to visit the After Care Home, interact with the two females and submit a report in sealed cover describing the manner in which they were being kept there. Affidavits on Construction of Detention Centres, Issue of Illegal Migrants to be Filed by State and Centre On the submission of the amicus curiae that such persons cannot be kept in After Care Home for a longer time and that they should be shifted to Holding Centres or Detention Centres as per the direction of Central Government, the Court directed the State and Central Government to apprise the Court about their stand on the following aspects: - State Government to file affidavit with regard to creation of Holding Centres or Detention Centre for the illegal migrants.