GOALPARA, India - Across a river in a remote part of India’s northeast, laborers have cleared dense forest in an area equivalent to about seven soccer fields and are building the first mass detention center for illegal immigrants.
Some of the workers building the camp said they were not on a citizenship list Assam released last week as part of a drive to detect illegal immigrants. That means the workers could themselves end up in detention. She said she didn’t know her exact age and believed it was about 26, adding that she did not know why she wasn’t on the citizenship list. “We don’t have birth certificates,” said her mother, Malati Hajong, also working at the site.
The mammoth Supreme Court-ordered exercise to document Assam’s citizens has been strongly backed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government that came to power in New Delhi five years ago. Critics say the campaign is aimed at Muslims, even those who have lived legally in India for decades.BRINK OF CRISIS
Government guidelines for detention camps released earlier this year include building a boundary wall at least 10 feet high and ringed with barbed wire, local media reports said. A.K. Rashid, another contractor, said he is building six of what would be around 17 buildings with detention rooms of around 350 square feet each. Each of the buildings he is making will have 24 rooms, he said, adding drains for sewage were being built along the boundary walls of the center.
Reuters, if you do not refer to some people as “legals,” you should not refer to others as “illegals.” Besides being inconsistent, it’s dehumanizing. Your style guide should follow other news orgs & not refer to humans as “illegals.” WordsMatter
I love that Americans are so ignorant they don’t recognize that many of the countries illegals are coming from to America are some of the least diverse & tolerant countries. This is why these people fear this because their governments are corrupt & xenophobic & racist.
Indians seems to be interested in Iraqis and Afghans and Somalis life style, do u know those now taste bombs like the way u taste coffee without those terrorist bombs they get headaches. Indians they r going to regret this choice of those lifestyle believe it or not. It's up to u
India learning fast from Evil USA? Evil Zionist Israel? Forget Mahatma Gandhi! Forget global love! Enjoy global hate! Like Trump's USA? Zionist Israel? What about your Dharma? All crap!
must fund this people and make a separate country for them. We demand justice from Reuters stop your fascism and help them.
Illegals? Really? At least say illegal immigrants...
ONE thing is for Sure that India is definitely NOT a Dharamashala for Illegal Immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Blessed are the people who persevere and give witness.
India is doing the right thing. Illegal immigrants must leave. If you want to stay in India, follow the rules and apply for refugee status. Simple. As predicted by slickenteur. Follow her friends, she does brilliant geopolitical and political analysis.
sorry, having trouble understanding what an “illegal” is - could you clarify, Reuters?
They've got a job haven't they? Moan moan moan...😑
Did they get this camp idea from UsA ?
During Nazi ruled Germany, were German Jews “illegals” too?
Did the Nazis have the Jews build their own concentration camps?
Imagine if they convinced that they are digging graves for themselves
Concentration Camps ?
Mm
Why are we building a camp for illegals? Aren't we supposed to deport them without delay? MEAIndia DrSJaishankar HMOIndia PMOIndia
What’s happening in India?UN to look into this matter.
🖕😜 Fake News ....
Words matter. Fix this and do better next time.
“Illegals”? Really with that usage?
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