-The Indian Express As the narrative moves on to CAA and a possible nation-wide NRC, the Assam list hangs in a limbo. So does the fate of children out of it. The Centre has assured the Supreme Court, Parliament that such children, whose parents are on the list, won’t be taken to Detention centres. But that hasn’t lessened their dread, of being sent away to “a place called Bangladesh”. Bongaigaon, Morigaon (Assam):...

-The Telegraph The plight of an ‘indigenous foreigner' comes as a horrifying reminder of what lies in store As the country heaved over protests surrounding universities and an amended citizenship law this month, a tragic contour unfolded in Assam with the death of a daily wager belonging to an indigenous community. Naresh Koch, who was apprehended and taken to the Goalpara detention centre in March 2018, was declared a “foreigner” in June...

-The Indian Express There is deliberate ambiguity regarding citizenship laws and policies, their implementation. These threaten to undermine the basic values of the Indian Constitution. Rattled by the widespread agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act, which, coupled with the National Register of Citizens, is rightly seen as the first concrete step to establish a Hindu Rashtra. Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed at Ramlila Maidan that there is no move by the government...

  Against the backdrop of National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC), which is expected to be conducted nationwide, there are media reports about Detention centres being constructed in various parts of the country. Although media reports indicate the Government denying any connection between NRIC and National Population Register, a reply to unstarred question no 4380 (to be answered on 21st April 2015 in the Lok Sabha) by the Minister of State...

-The Hindu These instructions were sent to “restrict the movements of foreign nationals staying illegally so that they are physically available at all times for expeditious repatriation,” according to govt response in Lok Sabha The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been instructing the State governments since 2009 to set up Detention centres to “restrict the movements of foreign nationals staying illegally so that they are physically available at all times for...