Illegal Migrants

EU leaders agree on tougher rules for irregular migrants

The measures are a response to increasing European concern over rising irregular immigration that has become a hot-button issue in several member countries

Manipur Assembly adopts resolutions on population commission, NRC

Manipur, which shares border with Myanmar, has seen over 250 per cent population growth in hill areas, which have a law barring the people from other parts of the state from settling there, insinuating an influx of illegal foreign migrants

'How will we pay our EMIs?': Out of service, Ola, Uber drivers in Assam warn of 'aggressive movement', demand immediate restoration of mobile internet

Over 12,000 Ola and Uber drivers in Assam have threatened to start an aggressive movement against the government as mobile internet ban enters the seventh day amidst anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is death sentence for North East, fear parties, student bodies ahead of battle beyond Parliament

When leaders owing allegiance to the BJP or to the NDA as allies in the North East have expressed strong reservations against the Bill, the BJP leaders in Assam or its ally AGP have completely chickened out in front of the central leadership of the national party.

Assam NRC: SC extends deadline to publish final list to 31 August, accepts plea by Centre, state government

The top court had termed the issue as 'human problem with great magnitude' and asked the state NRC coordinator to submit a report in a sealed cover.

Nellie massacre: 36 years on, a reflection on why victims of tragedy have been erased from public memory

With respect to the Nellie massacre, we have arrived at the stage of decline. One needs to ask, what is the politics of erasure of Nellie? Whose purpose does it serve?

Section 144 imposed in Imphal ahead of tabling of citizenship bill in RS; prohibitory orders issued after 165 organisations agitate

Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC have been imposed in East and West Imphal districts ahead of the tabling of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

LS passes Citizenship Amendment Bill: Assam poised to have two classes of citizens as religion becomes basis

The passing of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday by a voice vote is a crucial step closer to making religion the basis for identification of "illegal Bangladeshi migrants" in Assam, in violation of the Assam Accord

'NRC will weed out Jinnahs living in Assam': BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma lauds Narendra Modi for protecting indigenous people of state

Sarma also urged the AASU, which has been demanding to detect and deport illegal Hindu Bangladeshis from Assam for long, to come forward and speak for the interest of the greater Assamese community.

Centre's order to grant citizenship to illegal migrants sparks mixed reactions in Assam; Bengali groups welcome move

The Centre's recent notification to register Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian infiltrators from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh as Indians in 16 districts across seven states in India has evoked clashing reactions in Assam.