Guwahati: More than 1.43 lakh people have been declared a stranger by foreigners (FTS) in Assam and 1.21 lakh as Indians, state ministers for homes, Nityananda Rai, told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
He, however, said to the reply submitted at home to only 329 people, who were declared as foreigners, had been deported to their home country in February 1.
In a reply to questions by the CPI MP, Binoy VisWam, on FTS and the center The detention center, RAI said the state and regional government of the Union Territory (UT) has delegated power and functions to make the necessary arrangements for detention centers / camp according to their needs.
“The Government of the Government of the Government UT established a central / camp like per Model Detention Center / Holding Center / Camp Manual 2019.
There was no data in connection with the center / camp as it was maintained centrally,” he said in a written reply.
But Rai stated that the UNI Ministry since then allocated total Rs 69 Crores for FTS in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22.
All FT in this country is in Assam and in accordance with the state government, the total number of FT which currently operates in Assam is 100.
“Total delayed cases in this fts as at 31.12.2021 is 1,23,829.
The total number of people is declared as Foreigners at 31,12,2021 were 1,43,466.
The total number of people stated as India with 31,12,2021 is 1,21,598, “read the statement.
The number of people who have declared India and foreigners with FT continue to increase proportionally.
As many as 1,18,616 people were declared Indian citizens and 1,39,900 were declared a foreigner with FTS on April 30, 2021, Minister Assam Himanta Buswa Sarma, who also held a home portfolio, told the State Assembly in July last year.
At that time, although 2.98 lakh (2,98,471) the FT case was discarded by the court, 1.36 lakh (1,36,173) remained delayed in FT on April 30, 2021.
Assam, where the problem of illegal infiltration from neighboring Bangladesh has been Being a major political problem for decades, has six detention centers.
It is in Goggara, Kokrajhar, Silchar, Tezpur, Jorhat and Dibrugarh.
Sarma in July said 181 prisoners were submitted in six detention centers.
Of these 181 people, around 61 prisoners were declared a foreign national and 120 prisoners were punished by the court and after the punishment period, they were submitted in the detention centers waiting for deportation.
‘More than 1.43 lakh people declared a stranger at Assam’
