India rights activists say the poor could face mass evictions over lack of adequate documents as protests continue in New Delhi against new citizenship law
Indian women participate in a women-led protest against a new citizenship law that opponents say threatens India's secular identity, at Shaheen Bagh neighbourhood of New Delhi, India. January 18, 2020.
Bengaluru residents said the people were migrants from other Indian states, and that they were evicted without any notice. Critics say that the omission of Muslims is discriminatory and that the Citizenship Amendment Act , as well as a planned National Register of Citizens , target poor Muslims and others who do not have sufficient documentation.Shaheen Bagh protestor: Why don't you give us ₹1000 and check whether we leave or not!Migrant workers are particularly vulnerable, as they often live in informal settlements, said Isaac Selva, founder of Slum Jagatthu, a non-profit magazine on slum dwellers in Bangalore.
Nearly two million people –– including Hindus –– were left off a list of citizens released in Assam last year for failing to have adequate documentation after a years-long exercise to check illegal immigration from Bangladesh.
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