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India to deport all illegal migrants – interior minister | India to deport all illegal migrants – interior minister |
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India will identify and expel illegal immigrants from across the country, the interior minister said on Wednesday. Critics say the stepped-up campaign could stoke religious tension and further alienate minority Muslims. | |
An exercise to identify alien immigrants from Muslim-majority Bangladesh has been going on in the northeastern state of Assam for years. The campaign was a key issue in this year’s general election, won by PM Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party. | An exercise to identify alien immigrants from Muslim-majority Bangladesh has been going on in the northeastern state of Assam for years. The campaign was a key issue in this year’s general election, won by PM Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party. |
Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament that the government would not limit its efforts to Assam, but would come down hard on illegal immigrants anywhere. | |
Shah called illegal migrants “termites” that he said were eating into Assam’s resources during the election campaign, Reuters reports. |
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