Counterview06 October 2019 As the Union government has decided to screen of all “illegal” migrants who are allegedly taking shelter in the country by seeking to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in order to create a nationwide database of “genuine” Inidan citizens, even as detecting “illegal” foreigners, one can apprehend more chaos and […]
Pakistan Today01 October 2019 As the Union government in New Delhi has virtually decided for the screening of all illegal migrants taking shelter in Bharat (officially known as India) though National Register of Citizens (NRC) for a nationwide database of genuine citizens (also detect illegal foreigners and asylum seekers), one can apprehend more chaos & […]
Available at Asia Sentinel23 September 2019 Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s plan to expel millions of illegal immigrants is expected to sow chaos and confusion across the country, with critics charging that a hurriedly compiled database endangers hundreds of thousands of indigenous citizens, includes many who shouldn’t be on it, and is being used to […]
Available at Arab News07 September 2019 The detention center is being built at a cost of more than $6 million This is the first time any state government in India has built an exclusive detention center ASSAM: The northeastern Indian state of Assam is building a detention center to house thousands of stateless citizens. On […]
Available at First Post04 September 2019 It is possible that the entire expectation of there being millions of illegal Bangladeshis in Assam was based on incorrect premises. While it is true that the 4,156 km border between India and Bangladesh is porous along much of its length, it does not necessarily follow that Bangladeshis are […]
Nagaland Post03 September 2019 The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) has said that over one lakh Scheduled Tribe (ST)s who are the original inhabitants of Assam have been excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) released on August 31, reports Northeast Now news. “A preliminary survey states that about 25,000 Bodos, 9,000 Reangs, […]
The New Indian Express02 September 2019 Human rights body ‘Rights and Risks Analysis Group’ said about 25 per cent of about 36,000 Reangs in Hailakandi district were excluded from the NRC. GUWAHATI: Amidst the assertions by political parties and organisations that the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the final list of which was published on Saturday, […]
The HinduGUWAHATI, September 02, 2019 According to the Rights and Risks Analysis Group, the exclusion is connected to the rejection of land ownership under the Forest Rights Act. A New Delhi-based rights group on Monday claimed that more than 1,00,000 Scheduled Tribes who are original inhabitants of Assam have been excluded from the State’s controversial National Register […]
The Hindu Net DeskSeptember 01, 2019 Assam NRC final list: Rights group terms it largest incident of making people ‘stateless’ in decades A New Delhi-based rights group has termed the exclusion of 19,06,657 people from the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) as the largest incident of making people “stateless” in decades. Sri Lanka’s 1948 declaration […]
Aljazeera31 August 2019 Nearly 2 million left out from the controversial citizenship list in Assam amid fears they could be rendered stateless. Authorities in the northeastern Indian state of Assam have published a citizenship list that aims to identify genuine citizens amid fears millions could be excluded. A total of 31.1 million people were included in […]