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Foreigners' Transit Camp In Assam Receives First Batch Of 68 Detainees
The first batch of 68 people declared foreigners by the Foreigners' Tribunal was moved to the newly built Assam's biggest detention centre, officially known as Transit Camp in Goalpara district.
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Assam Renames "Foreigner" Detention Centres As Transit Camps
The Assam government has renamed detention centres for foreigners to transit camps to humanise them. A 12-year-old notification was modified to rename the six detention centres in the state.
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Assam Jail Premises Cannot Serve As "Permanent" Detention Centres: High Court
Premises of jails in Assam cannot be used as "permanent" detention centres for housing illegal foreigners, the Gauhati High Court said Wednesday, directing the state government to look for a seperate accomodation for the purpose.
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Man Lodged In Assam Detention Centre Dies, 29th Death In 3 Years
A 55-year-old man, lodged in a detention centre in Assam's Goalpara, died at a hospital on Friday. Police said Naresh Koch was undergoing treatment at Guwahati medical College after he suffered a massive stroke on December 22. Mr Koch is the 29th person to have died while in detention centre in Assam in last three years.
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Supreme Court Sets Aside Plea For Humane Facilities At 6 Assam Detention Camps
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere in a petition seeking humane facilities at six detention centres in Assam for those who do not qualify as Indian citizens as per the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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Give Legal Services To Those In Assam Detention Centres: Congress In Rajya Sabha
A demand to provide legal services including bail provision to those who claim to be Indians but have been lodged in detention centres in Assam for want of residency proof for more than three years was made in the Rajya Sabha today.
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India's 1st Illegal Immigrant Detention Camp Size Of 7 Football Fields
About 150 kilometre west of Guwahati, construction is on in full swing to build India's first detention centre for those declared foreigners after the publication of the contentious Assam National Register of Citizens or NRC last month.
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"D" Voter Lodged in Assam Detention Camp, Dies After Falling from Bed
A ''D'' (doubtful) voter died in Assam after falling from his bed in a detention camp at Tezpur central jail, jail authorities said.
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27,000 Foreigners Stopped While Entering India Illegally: Centre To Court
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that 938 people are detained in six detention centres in Assam and 823 of them have been declared as foreigners by tribunals.
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Foreigners' Transit Camp In Assam Receives First Batch Of 68 Detainees
The first batch of 68 people declared foreigners by the Foreigners' Tribunal was moved to the newly built Assam's biggest detention centre, officially known as Transit Camp in Goalpara district.
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Assam Renames "Foreigner" Detention Centres As Transit Camps
The Assam government has renamed detention centres for foreigners to transit camps to humanise them. A 12-year-old notification was modified to rename the six detention centres in the state.
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Assam Jail Premises Cannot Serve As "Permanent" Detention Centres: High Court
Premises of jails in Assam cannot be used as "permanent" detention centres for housing illegal foreigners, the Gauhati High Court said Wednesday, directing the state government to look for a seperate accomodation for the purpose.
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Man Lodged In Assam Detention Centre Dies, 29th Death In 3 Years
A 55-year-old man, lodged in a detention centre in Assam's Goalpara, died at a hospital on Friday. Police said Naresh Koch was undergoing treatment at Guwahati medical College after he suffered a massive stroke on December 22. Mr Koch is the 29th person to have died while in detention centre in Assam in last three years.
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Supreme Court Sets Aside Plea For Humane Facilities At 6 Assam Detention Camps
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere in a petition seeking humane facilities at six detention centres in Assam for those who do not qualify as Indian citizens as per the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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Give Legal Services To Those In Assam Detention Centres: Congress In Rajya Sabha
A demand to provide legal services including bail provision to those who claim to be Indians but have been lodged in detention centres in Assam for want of residency proof for more than three years was made in the Rajya Sabha today.
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India's 1st Illegal Immigrant Detention Camp Size Of 7 Football Fields
About 150 kilometre west of Guwahati, construction is on in full swing to build India's first detention centre for those declared foreigners after the publication of the contentious Assam National Register of Citizens or NRC last month.
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"D" Voter Lodged in Assam Detention Camp, Dies After Falling from Bed
A ''D'' (doubtful) voter died in Assam after falling from his bed in a detention camp at Tezpur central jail, jail authorities said.
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27,000 Foreigners Stopped While Entering India Illegally: Centre To Court
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that 938 people are detained in six detention centres in Assam and 823 of them have been declared as foreigners by tribunals.
