Archive · 2 Jan 2026
Assam to expel foreigners within a week
The Assam government has decided to send back people declared as foreigners by special courts within a week.
This is to stop them from delaying the process by going to higher courts.
The government has already sent back around 2,000 people in the last few months.
They are using an old law from 1950 to do this.
The chief minister said this will help in expelling more foreigners in the coming years.
The process is informal, meaning they are just pushing people across the border without a formal treaty with Bangladesh.
The chief minister also announced several infrastructure projects and economic achievements, including Assam being recognized as the fastest-growing state by the Reserve Bank of India.
Assam government will push back foreigners within a week of being declared so by Foreigners' Tribunals.
Around 2,000 people have been pushed back in the last few months.
The policy is based on the 1950 Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act.
The process is informal, involving pushing people across the border without a formal treaty with Bangladesh.
The government aims to expel between 10,000 to 50,000 foreigners if identified.
- Who
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
- What
- Announced a policy to push back foreigners within a week of being declared so
- When
- The policy is effective immediately
- Where
- Assam, India
- Why
- To prevent the process from being prolonged by legal appeals
- Assam Chief Minister
- Himanta Biswa Sarma
- Policy
- Push back foreigners within a week of being declared so
- Act
- 1950 Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act
- Foreigners' Tribunals
- Quasi-judicial bodies to determine citizenship
- Deportation Process
- Informal process of pushing people across the border
- Number of Expulsions
- Around 2,000 in the last few months
- Legal Backing
- Supreme Court upheld the expulsion of illegal immigrants Act
- Economic Growth
- Assam is the fastest-growing state from 2020 to 2025
- Infrastructure Projects
- 32-km Kaziranga elevated corridor and Gelephu railway line project
Sources
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Identity, development will be focus of Assam polls: Himanta
Will Send Back Illegal Foreigners Within 7 Days Of Tribunal Order: Assam CM
‘Direct action with no compromise’: Assam CM says will push out ‘foreigners’
