‘Muslim Population Has Increased In Assam, This Abrupt Growth Has Come From Other Side’: Centre To Gauhati High Court In Declared Foreigners' Case
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Muslim Population Has Increased In Assam, This Abrupt Growth Has Come From Other Side’: Centre To Gauhati High Court In Declared Foreigners' Case

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court is hearing a significant matter in which it is examining the rights available to a declared foreigner or illegal migrant in India before their deportation.In the last hearing held on April 28 before the division bench of Justice A.M. Bujor Barua and Justice Robin Phukan, the Deputy Solicitor General R.K.D. The Gauhati High Court is hearing a significant matter in which it is examining the rights available to a declared foreigner or illegal migrant in India before their deportation. The court said Section 3 of the Foreigners Act requires that the central government may have to frame an order to specify where the declared foreigner will reside since they can't have property. Background In February, the High Court, while hearing a plea challenging the detention order of a person who was declared a foreigner by the Foreign Tribunal, said that, “as the issue for decision may have its implication in many other matters of similar nature pending before the Court, we have also requested Mr. HRA Choudhury, learned senior counsel who also appears for the litigants of this nature in many other cases and also Ms. D Ghosh, learned counsel, who is also similarly situated to also advance their arguments on this issue as to what are the rights available to a declared foreigner, who is an illegal migrant that he is entitled under the law and what are the acclaimed rights he would not be entitled under the law”.

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'Highest executive level' considering deportation of foreigners in Assam: Centre tells SC
3 weeks, 3 days ago

'Highest executive level' considering deportation of foreigners in Assam: Centre tells SC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court was Tuesday informed by the Centre that the issue of deportation of persons declared foreigners in Assam was under consideration at the "highest executive level." The top court on February 4 slammed the Assam government for keeping persons declared foreigners in detention centres indefinitely and not deporting them, asking if it was waiting for "some …

NRC Crisis in Assam Explained: Supreme Court Orders Deportation of 63 Foreigners from Matia Camp
3 weeks, 6 days ago

NRC Crisis in Assam Explained: Supreme Court Orders Deportation of 63 Foreigners from Matia Camp

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 21, 2025 20:19 IST - 13 MINS READ On February 4, the Supreme Court directed the Assam government to start the deportation process of 63 foreigners currently lodged in the Matia transit camp in western Assam’s Goalpara district. On October 4, 2024, last year, the Supreme Court directed the Assam State Legal Services Authority to make surprise …

Why Bangladesh's Verification Necessary To Deport Illegal Migrants Who Served Sentence? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment
1 month, 1 week ago

Why Bangladesh's Verification Necessary To Deport Illegal Migrants Who Served Sentence? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

Live Law  

Reserving judgment in a case raising the issue of indefinite detention of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in the country, the Supreme Court today expressed disappointment with illegal immigrants being made to suffer rigor of prisons despite their having served sentences post conviction. At the same time, the Court pulled up State of West Bengal for not having correctional homes/detention centres, which …

The other illegal migration in the Northeast—what's being overlooked?
1 month, 1 week ago

The other illegal migration in the Northeast—what's being overlooked?

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: The issue of illegal migration is in the spotlight. The Supreme Court pulled up the Assam government last week following its submission that 63 declared foreigners could not be deported as their addresses were not available. Supreme Court whiplash A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said those declared as foreigners should be deported immediately and …

SC raps Assam govt over detention of foreigners
1 month, 2 weeks ago

SC raps Assam govt over detention of foreigners

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The observation of the supreme court on 63 individuals, deemed foreigners languishing in detention camps in Assam, has triggered angry reaction from opposition political parties while officials have expressed their helplessness in deporting them due to non-cooperation of these detainees. Informing that deportation of an individual from India is accepted only if their counterpart in Bangladesh successfully verify and …

'Are you waiting for muhurat?': Supreme Court directs Assam govt to deport illegal immigrants
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Are you waiting for muhurat?': Supreme Court directs Assam govt to deport illegal immigrants

Firstpost  

The SC bench consisting of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan directed the government to carry out the process of deportation as the state updates the National Register of Citizens The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the government of Assam for not taking measures to deport illegal immigrants from the state. The Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam …

'Are you waiting for some muhurat': Supreme Court slams Assam govt for not deporting foreigners
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Are you waiting for some muhurat': Supreme Court slams Assam govt for not deporting foreigners

The Hindu  

"Are you waiting for some muhūrat", the Supreme Court remarked on Tuesday as it came down heavily on the Assam government for keeping people declared as foreigners in detention centres indefinitely rather than deporting them. A bench of justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said once the detained persons are held to be foreigners, they should be deported immediately. …

‘Waiting for some muhurat?’ Supreme Court to Himanta Biswa govt for not deporting foreigners
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Waiting for some muhurat?’ Supreme Court to Himanta Biswa govt for not deporting foreigners

Live Mint  

"Are you waiting for some muhūrat", the Supreme Court remarked on Tuesday as it came down heavily on the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam government for keeping people declared as foreigners in detention centres indefinitely rather than deporting them. A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said once the detained persons are held to be foreigners, they should …

Are you waiting for muhurat: SC slams Assam govt for not deporting foreigners
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Are you waiting for muhurat: SC slams Assam govt for not deporting foreigners

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: "Are you waiting for some muhurat", the Supreme Court remarked on Tuesday as it came down heavily on the Assam government for keeping people declared as foreigners in detention centres indefinitely rather than deporting them. A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said once the detained persons are held to be foreigners, they should be …

'Waiting For Some Muhurat?' Supreme Court Directs Assam To Deport 63 Foreigners In 2 Weeks
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Waiting For Some Muhurat?' Supreme Court Directs Assam To Deport 63 Foreigners In 2 Weeks

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the Assam government for keeping 63 persons, declared as foreigners, in detention centres "indefinitely". the apex court asked while ordering the state to start deporting these people within two weeks. A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said once the detained persons are held to be foreigners, they should be deported …

'Are you waiting for some muhurat': SC slams Assam government for not deporting foreigners
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Are you waiting for some muhurat': SC slams Assam government for not deporting foreigners

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Assam government, expressing its strongest displeasure over the state's failure to make decisions regarding the deportation of individuals declared as foreigners. A two-judge bench of the apex court, led by Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, observed that once detained persons are declared foreigners, they should be deported …

Why SC is upset with Assam govt over a sealed envelope on detained illegal foreigners
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Why SC is upset with Assam govt over a sealed envelope on detained illegal foreigners

India Today  

The Supreme Court, on January 22, expressed strong dissatisfaction with the Assam government’s affidavit regarding the detention of 270 foreign nationals at the Matia transit camp in Goalpara district. At the heart of the Supreme Court’s ire lies the Assam government’s inability—or unwillingness—to explain why these individuals, some of whom have been detained for over a decade, are still confined …

Gauhati HC Denies Migrant's Plea For Extension Of Time To Register Under Citizenship Act, Cites SC Ruling Upholding Validity Of S.6A
2 months, 1 week ago

Gauhati HC Denies Migrant's Plea For Extension Of Time To Register Under Citizenship Act, Cites SC Ruling Upholding Validity Of S.6A

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition filed by a woman praying for a direction to extend the time limit for registering with FRRO, on the ground that the Court is bound by the decision of the Supreme Court of India in the case of Re: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, would not have power …

Gauhati HC Seeks Assam’s Stand on Marriage Act
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gauhati HC Seeks Assam’s Stand on Marriage Act

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Assam government to a petition challenging the legality of the recently-enacted Assam Compulsory Registration of Muslim Marriages and Divorces Act, 2024. A Bench comprising Justices Lanusungkum Jamir and Kaushik Goswami asked the state government to respond in four weeks to the plea filed by the All Assam Muslim …

Declared foreigners, 28 in Assam sent to ‘transit camp’
6 months, 2 weeks 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 …

How do Assam’s Foreigners Tribunals function? | Explained
8 months ago

How do Assam’s Foreigners Tribunals function? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On July 5, the Assam government asked the Border wing of the State’s police not to forward cases of non-Muslims who entered India illegally before 2014 to the Foreigners Tribunals. The FTs are currently exclusive to Assam as cases of “illegal immigrants” are dealt with according to the Foreigners’ Act in other States. The apex court …

Northeastern View | How Assam’s citizenship deprivation regime abets unjust forced deportations
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Northeastern View | How Assam’s citizenship deprivation regime abets unjust forced deportations

Hindustan Times  

On May 16, the Supreme Court of India asked the central government to take “immediate steps” to deport 17 people declared foreigners by Assam’s Foreigners Tribunals and are currently lodged in a foreigner detention centre – officially known as a ‘Transit Camp’ – in the state’s Goalpara district. Disenfranchisement in numbers In Assam, the quasi-judicial FT regime, by virtue of …

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

Inflow Of Illegal Migrants To Assam And North-Eastern States
1 year, 3 months ago

Inflow Of Illegal Migrants To Assam And North-Eastern States

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Government to furnish data on the inflow of illegal migrants to Assam and North-Eastern states after March 25, 1971.The Court also directed the Centre to inform the steps taken by the Government at an administrative level to deal with illegal immigration into the North Eastern states particularly Assam. The Supreme Court on …

Assam illegal immigrants | Supreme Court postpones hearing on challenge to Section 6A of Citizenship Act to December 5
1 year, 4 months ago

Assam illegal immigrants | Supreme Court postpones hearing on challenge to Section 6A of Citizenship Act to December 5

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned a scheduled Constitution Bench hearing on a series of petitions challenging the constitutionality of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, to December 5. Section 6A was a special provision inserted into the 1955 Act in furtherance of a Memorandum of Settlement called the ‘Assam Accord’ signed on August 15, 1985 by the then …

Assam woman declared Indian citizen after 2-year detention as foreigner
1 year, 5 months ago

Assam woman declared Indian citizen after 2-year detention as foreigner

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: In what has once again raised serious question over the judicial process to detect and deport foreigners in Assam, a woman from state's Cachar district, who spent two years in a detention camp after being declared a foreigner due to a mismatch in the names of her father and grandfather in multiple voters' lists, was declared an Indian citizen …

Gauhati High Court Allows Declared Foreigner's Request For Extension Of Time To Register With Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office
2 years ago

Gauhati High Court Allows Declared Foreigner's Request For Extension Of Time To Register With Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Friday allowed the request of a declared ‘foreigner’, who had entered the State of Assam between the period 1966 and 1971, to extend the period for registering himself with the Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office. The division bench of Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua and Justice Robin Phukan granted one month's time to Sakat Ali, observing, …

Gauhati High Court Quashes Order Declaring 52-Yr-Old Woman A Foreigner After Citizen-Father's Testimony Remains Uncontroverted
2 years ago

Gauhati High Court Quashes Order Declaring 52-Yr-Old Woman A Foreigner After Citizen-Father's Testimony Remains Uncontroverted

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court recently quashed and set aside order of Foreigners Tribunal which declared a citizen of India as foreign citizen, on the ground that verification report of the authorities was incomplete and evidence of the father of the petitioner, who deposed that the petitioner is his daughter, remained uncontroverted. While setting aside the order of the Tribunal, the …

Matia 'Transit Camp' Is No Answer, Assam Needs a Non-Punitive Immigration Policy
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Over 30,000 Illegal Foreigners Deported Till 31 August Based on Assam Accord
2 years, 6 months ago

Over 30,000 Illegal Foreigners Deported Till 31 August Based on Assam Accord

The Quint  

According to the Assam Accord signed on 15 August 1985, anyone entering the state on or after 25 March 1971 will be deemed a foreigner and will be deported from the state. Clause 6 of the Assam Accord guarantees "Constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, as may be appropriate, shall be provided to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic …

Gauhati HC asks East Pakistan immigrant to apply for citizenship under CAA
3 years, 2 months ago

Gauhati HC asks East Pakistan immigrant to apply for citizenship under CAA

India TV News  

Gauhati High Court has set aside the order of a Foreigner's Tribunal in Assam which had declared a person who had migrated from erstwhile East Pakistan as a foreigner and asked him to apply for citizenship under the Citizenship Act. The High Court in its order said that Paul was about two years old when he entered India with his …

Gauhati High Court Directs State To Decide On Plea Of Rohingya Refugees Seeking Either Refugee Status In India Or Deportation To Myanmar
3 years, 3 months ago

Gauhati High Court Directs State To Decide On Plea Of Rohingya Refugees Seeking Either Refugee Status In India Or Deportation To Myanmar

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court has recently directed the Assam government to take a decision at the earliest regarding a plea moved by ten members of the Rohingya community seeking either refugee status in India or deportation to Myanmar. The Court observed that the petitioners have been 'languishing in jail' for the last 7 years since the concerned authorities have not …

Foreigners' Detention Centre: Gauhati High Court Grants 45 Days To Assam Govt For Completing Construction, Shifting Detenues
3 years, 7 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 …

Gurkhas not to be tagged as foreigners, orders Assam govt
3 years, 7 months ago

Gurkhas not to be tagged as foreigners, orders Assam govt

The Hindu  

The Assam government’s Political Department on Tuesday issued a notification ordering the State police’s Border wing not to forward any case against Gurkhas to the Foreigners’ Tribunals under the Foreigners’ Act of 1946. The official notification follows the Himanta Biswa Sarma Cabinet’s decision on August 4 to exempt the community from being tagged as non-citizens and tried in the tribunals …

Status Of Internally Displaced Persons, Responsibility Of Centre, State Govt: Gauhati High Court Seeks Response On Larger Issues
3 years, 9 months ago

Status Of Internally Displaced Persons, Responsibility Of Centre, State Govt: Gauhati High Court Seeks Response On Larger Issues

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday sought response of the Centre as well as the State Government on the larger issues concerning the status of internally displaced persons and the responsibility of the Central and the State Government towards such persons.The development came while the division bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak was dealing …

Assam NRC- Citizen Can't Be Declared Foreigner Just Because Linkage Is Not Shown With All Relatives : Gauhati High Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Assam NRC- Citizen Can't Be Declared Foreigner Just Because Linkage Is Not Shown With All Relatives : Gauhati High Court

Live Law  

In an astonishing order, a Foreigners Tribunal in Assam had declared a man named Haidar Ali as a foreigner although he had established the link with the names of his father and grandfather entered in the voters lists of 1965 and 1970.The Tribunal at Barpeta observed that since Haider Ali had failed to establish his linkage with other projected relatives …

Man who was declared ‘foreigner’ passes away at 104 in Assam
4 years, 3 months 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., …

‘Foreigners’ in the NRC: Affidavit filed in High Court
4 years, 3 months ago

‘Foreigners’ in the NRC: Affidavit filed in High Court

The Hindu  

The National Register of Citizens authorities have submitted to the Gauhati High Court an affidavit reportedly containing the details of “illegal foreigners” whose names had crept into the updated list of citizens released in 2019. It was later found that some “ineligible people” — those without papers establishing their domicile in Assam before March 24, 1971 — had been included …

Gauhati High Court Asks Assam to Set Up Detention Centres Outside Jails for 'Foreigners'
4 years, 5 months ago

Gauhati High Court Asks Assam to Set Up Detention Centres Outside Jails for 'Foreigners'

News 18  

The Gauhati High Court has asked the Assam government to set up six detention centres outside the jails for housing “declared foreigners”, an official said on Saturday. An official of the Border Wing unit of the Assam Police said on Saturday that Gauhati High Court judge Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, after hearing multiple petitions, asked the state government earlier …

Gauhati High Court gives Assam police seven-day deadline for releasing ‘declared foreigners’ on bail
4 years, 11 months ago

Gauhati High Court gives Assam police seven-day deadline for releasing ‘declared foreigners’ on bail

The Hindu  

The Gauhati High Court has given the border wing of the Assam police seven days to comply with its April 15 order to release on bail ‘declared foreigners’ who have completed two years in detention camps. The court, hearing a petition on Wednesday with reference to the Supreme Court’s April 13 order for releasing the DFs in view of the …

COVID-19 : Plea In SC Seeks Release Of Persons From Foreigners Detention Centres In Assam [Read Application]
4 years, 11 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. …

Frightening Parallels: NRC-Excluded in Assam and Rohingya Refugees
5 years ago

Frightening Parallels: NRC-Excluded in Assam and Rohingya Refugees

The Quint  

On 22 December 2019, Mohammed Sanaullah, a retired army officer settled down in front of his television in his ancestral home in Kalahikash village, 60 kilometres from Guwahati, the capital of the state of Assam in north-eastern India. The family had tuned in to watch the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, address an election rally in Delhi, speaking for the …

Gauhati HC Sets Aside Foreigners Tribunal Order Declaring Son Of Indian Citizens As Foreigner [Read Judgment]
5 years ago

Gauhati HC Sets Aside Foreigners Tribunal Order Declaring Son Of Indian Citizens As Foreigner [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Guahati High Court has come down on a Foreigners Tribunal for declaring a person as foreigner, despite his parents being declared as Indian Citizens by other orders.On January 25, 2019, Foreigners Tribunal at Dhemaji in Assam declared 26-year old Pratap Sakharu as foreigner of post-1971 stream as per the Assam Accord.He had produced six documents before the Tribunal, including …

Assam to conduct survey of 'indigenous' Muslims: Experts term move divisive, say classification is undemocratic, unconstitutional
5 years ago

Assam to conduct survey of 'indigenous' Muslims: Experts term move divisive, say classification is undemocratic, unconstitutional

Firstpost  

The Assam government put forward the idea of a socio-economic census of indigenous Muslims of Assam, except that it decided to drop the term Khilonjiya from the census. According to Mukhi, “The land rights of indigenous people will be secured.” In the same breath, he said, “The government is determined to make Assam extremist-free.” When I spoke to Suhas Chakma, …

Supreme Court directs Centre, Assam government to file status report on Bangladeshi migrants in detention centres
5 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court directs Centre, Assam government to file status report on Bangladeshi migrants in detention centres

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre and the Assam government to file a fresh report with regard to the status of release of Bangladeshi migrants in detention centres as per its earlier order New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre and the Assam government to file a fresh report with regard to the status of release of …

Assam likely to conduct survey to segregate state’s indigenous Muslims from those of Bangladeshi origin, aims to begin exercise next fiscal
5 years, 1 month ago

Assam likely to conduct survey to segregate state’s indigenous Muslims from those of Bangladeshi origin, aims to begin exercise next fiscal

Firstpost  

Guwahati: Assam is likely to conduct an exercise to identify the state’s indigenous Muslim population and segregate them from Bangladeshi origin people, even as doubts over the accuracy of the National Register of Citizens are yet to be addressed. The remaining 40 lakh are from different tribes and they need to be identified,” Assam Minority Development Board Chairman Muminul Aowal …

Citizenship Amendment Act: BJP chasing ghosts in Assam; Census data shows number of Hindu immigrants may have been exaggerated
5 years, 3 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Act: BJP chasing ghosts in Assam; Census data shows number of Hindu immigrants may have been exaggerated

Firstpost  

The BJP’s goal of cultivating the support of a large chunk of Bengali Hindus in Assam using the the controversial Citizenship Bill 2016 could very well be based on misconceptions if the available Census data is taken into account Editor’s note: Exactly how many illegal Bengali Hindus will benefit from the Citizenship Amendment Act? Table 2: Share of the Muslim …

Why are so many Indians protesting against the citizenship law?
5 years, 3 months ago

Why are so many Indians protesting against the citizenship law?

Al Jazeera  

As protests continue in Assam, New Delhi and other areas, Al Jazeera looks at three reasons why people are on streets. It has been a week of violent protests across India over a controversial “anti-Muslim” citizenship law, which critics say violates the country’s secular constitution. Residents now fear the new citizenship law will provide protection to Bengali-speaking Hindus left off …

Almost 1.3 lakh people declared foreigners in Assam
5 years, 3 months 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 …

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill may benefit ‘declared foreigners’
5 years, 3 months ago

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill may benefit ‘declared foreigners’

The Hindu  

The Citizenship Bill, 2019 that will be introduced in Parliament on December 9 is also likely to benefit the non-Muslims who were declared illegal migrants by various Foreigners Tribunals in Assam. The redrafted Bill has a provision to abate “any proceedings pending against a person under this section in respect of illegal migration or citizenship before any authority including Foreigners …

Foreigners’ Tribunals creating ‘havoc’ in India’s Assam: Amnesty
5 years, 3 months ago

Foreigners’ Tribunals creating ‘havoc’ in India’s Assam: Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

Rights body accuses authorities and courts of not holding quasi-judicial courts to account for their ‘arbitrary’ ways. Amnesty has accused Indian authorities and courts of lack of oversight on the functioning of Foreigners Tribunals’ courts that have been accused of creating “havoc” in the northeastern state of Assam, where nearly two million people were excluded from a citizenship list in …

Foreigners’ Tribunals creating ‘havoc’ in India’s Assam: Amnesty
5 years, 3 months ago

Foreigners’ Tribunals creating ‘havoc’ in India’s Assam: Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

Rights body accuses authorities and courts of not holding quasi-judicial courts to account for their ‘arbitrary’ ways. Amnesty has accused Indian authorities and courts of lack of oversight on the functioning of Foreigners Tribunals’ courts that have been accused of creating “havoc” in the northeastern state of Assam, where nearly two million people were excluded from a citizenship list in …

Dozens take their own lives in Assam as two million people are told they may be stripped of Indian citizenship
5 years, 6 months ago

Dozens take their own lives in Assam as two million people are told they may be stripped of Indian citizenship

The Independent  

It was supposed to be the ultimate fix to weed out illegal immigrants, administered by a right-wing ruling party that dubbed them “termites”. open image in gallery A detention centre for illegal immigrants under construction at a village in Goalpara The leader of the BJP’s state arm in Assam, Ranjit Dass, effectively disowned the exercise, saying that “the NRC in …

India’s citizenship question and the never-ending Assam imbroglio
5 years, 6 months ago

India’s citizenship question and the never-ending Assam imbroglio

Al Jazeera  

The campaign to update the National Register of Citizens in Assam has upset everyone, including its proponents. The controversy, trauma and trouble over the National Register of Citizens in India’s northeast state of Assam does not seem to go away. The entire thrust of a 40-year on-again, off-again movement against “illegal migrants” from Bangladesh in Assam state was based on …

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