Two million made stateless as Indian state of Assam publishes citizens' list to weed out 'foreign in

[TomSea]

Two million made stateless as Indian state of Assam publishes citizens' list to weed out 'foreign infiltrators'
Agence France-Presse 31 August 2019 •

Almost two million people in northeast India were left facing statelessness on Saturday after the state of Assam published a citizenship list aimed at weeding out "foreign infiltrators", in a process the central government wants to replicate nationwide.

A total of 31.1 million people were included in a National Register of Citizens (NRC), but 1.9 million were deemed ineligible, according to the Assam government. A large chunk of those excluded were expected to be Muslims.

Assam has long seen large influxes from elsewhere, including under British colonial rule and around Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence when millions fled into India.

Read more at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/31/two-million-made-stateless-indian-state-assam-publishes-citizens/

More reading:

https://www.india.com/news/india/final-assam-nrc-today-fate-of-over-40-lakh-applicants-on-the-line-heres-all-you-need-to-know-3760934/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49520593

In short, they are going back as 1971 as to asking people to prove who they are. Not that I'm objecting to it.



That was a time of genocide in Bangladesh and GH set up a concert over this. So, all of this has to do with that period.

Fine, the people were able to live in India for almost 50 years.

Just like India, from my understanding, has largely given refugee to those from Tibet from the Communist revolution.

[TomSea]

Demographics again, note:

Anand Ranganathan
@ARanganathan72
Assam's population: 31.2 million - 61% Hindu, 34% Muslim.

1991-2001: Hindus grew by 14.95%, Muslims by 29.30%

2001-2011: Hindus grew by 10.89%, Muslims by 29.59%.

In NO other state, countering even the TFR, are the Muslims growing three times faster than the Hindus.
11:11 AM · Aug 31, 2019·Twitter for Android

https://mobile.twitter.com/ARanganathan72/status/1167832224466534401

Looks like some interesting discussion at thread.

[Fishrrman]

Article reads:
"Almost two million people in northeast India were left facing statelessness"

They ARE NOT "stateless".
Most are from Bangladesh, and entered India illegally.

The Indians want them out.
Hopefully, their government has more intestinal fortitude than ours.