Fears are growing among India's 200 million Muslims that they could soon be classified as 'illegal immigrants' under a far-reaching new proposal
New Delhi Fears are growing among India's 200 million Muslims that they could soon be classified as illegal immigrants under new, far-reaching government proposals.
Earlier this year, authorities released an updated count of Indian nationals in the northeastern state of Assam, home to more than 30 million people. In order to make it onto the registry, residents had to provide the government with evidence that their families had migrated to India before March 24, 1971, around the start of the Bangladesh war of independence.A little over 1.9 million people didn't have the right documents.By any measure, 1.
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