Archive · 13 Jan 2026

Assam's Stateless Crisis: Forced Expulsions and Pushbacks

Assam's Stateless Crisis: Forced Expulsions and Pushbacks

In Assam, India, some people who have lived there all their lives are being told they are not Indian citizens.

These people, called 'declared foreigners,' are being forced to leave India and go to Bangladesh.

But Bangladesh does not want them either, so they are stuck in a no-man's-land between the two countries.

The Indian government is using a law from 1950 to send these people away, but many people think this is not fair and is against the law.

Families of these declared foreigners are very worried because they do not know where their loved ones are or what will happen to them.

Some people have been forced to go to Bangladesh three times and then sent back to India, making their situation very difficult.

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