Stateless in Assam – BBC News

Date: 2019-12-16 11:05:16

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This summer, India published a list which effectively stripped about 1.9 million people in the north-eastern state of Assam of their citizenship.

India says the National Register of Citizens is needed to identify illegal Bangladeshi migrants. But it has sparked fears of a witch hunt against Assam’s ethnic minorities.

Rajini Vaidyanathan reports.

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