Anuradha Sen Mookerjee

Activists and local volunteers meet and console Assamese villagers who might have lost their Indian citizenship. Anuradha Sen Mookerjee

In India’s Assam, a solidarity network has emerged to help those at risk of becoming stateless

As new citizenship law will further discriminate against people on religious basis in India’s north-eastern Assam, local activists are uniting across the region to help distressed residents.
Une femme marche sous la pluie à Dhubri, le long de la frontière indo-bangladaise, le 30 juillet 2019. Auparavant considérée comme l’une des plus faciles à franchir au monde, cette frontière a été bordée de barbelés et de béton par l’Inde au début des années 2000 pour lutter contre l’afflux de travailleurs immigrés venus du Bangladesh. AFP

Et l’Inde créa 2 millions d’apatrides

Depuis le 31 août, en Inde, environ 2 millions de personnes sont sur le point d’être déchues de leur citoyenneté, inscrivant encore un peu plus l’Inde dans le sillage d’un populisme mondialisé.
Nimai Hajong and his wife, August 2018. Hajong was born in Bangladesh and moved to India when he was an infant. The 58-year-old, now considered a “foreigner” in his own state, poses with paperwork supporting his right to citizenship. A. Shamar/AFP

How the National Citizenship Registration in Assam is shaping a new national identity in India

On August 31, the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the state of Assam, along the India-Bangladesh border will decide upon the future of millions of people in the state.

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