Government today said, there is no NRC detention camp in Assam. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai quoted Assam government in this regard saying there is no NRC detention camp in the state.
Assam published the final NRC on August 31 last year where more than 19 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants were excluded. As per Rules, those excluded can challenge the exclusion with the Foreigners Tribunals, a process that has not begun yet.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said a total of 1,381 people were currently in detention centres, also called holding centres, in Assam. As per the information furnished by the government of Assam, the number of cases referred to the Foreigners Tribunals in the last three years are 9,457 cases (2017), 2,051 cases (2018) and 599 cases (2019, up to November), Mr. Rai said in reply to a written question.
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