India's government sought Thursday to ease concerns about an imminent 'citizens' register' in the state of Assam that has left several million ...
NEW DLHI: India's government sought Thursday to ease concerns about an imminent"citizens' register" in the state of Assam that has left several million people, mostly Muslims, fearful of becoming stateless.
"Non-inclusion of a person's name in NRC does NOT amount to his/her being declared a foreigner. Every individual left out from final NRC can appeal to Foreigners Tribunals, an increased number of which are being established," the tweet added.Assam is an isolated state of 33 million people in the northeast of India, largely cut off from the rest of the country by Bangladesh, which was formed after East Pakistan declared independence from Islamabad in 1971, sparking a brutal war.
Those rejected can then be declared foreigners and face being stripped of their Indian citizenship and rights, put in a detention camp and even deported.
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