India excludes nearly 2 million people from Assam citizen list Almost 2 million people facing statelessness as Assam publishes contentious National Register of Citizens

People check their names on the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Buraburi village in Assam [David Talukdar/ AFP] Nearly two million people have been excluded from a list of citizens inĀ India‘s northeastern Assam state, raising fears they could be rendered stateless. The list, known as the National Register of Citizens … Continue reading India excludes nearly 2 million people from Assam citizen list Almost 2 million people facing statelessness as Assam publishes contentious National Register of Citizens