Thiruvananthapuram: The police have landed in a catch situation-22 over the first detention center for foreign nationals in the state, prepared based on high court instructions.
The Department of Social Justice (SJD), who is responsible for giving its expenses in accordance with the government’s order, has not provided funds, leaving the police who are embarrassed to use their chaos funds (intended for police welfare) to run the center in the thrissur.
“The cost of the detention center around Rs 50,000 / month, including food costs, central rent and other logistics costs; including power costs.
Also, the future of the prisoners is uncertain because they do not have a passport and there is no positive response from the Nigerian Embassy to deport They, “said a top police officer.
In accordance with the trip issued on May 8, 2021 concerning establishing a detention center, ‘the Department of Social Justice will bear all costs in this case including leases, food, and other important needs for detenues.
Although orders are removed, SJD has not fulfilled commitment.
However, the center must be established since the High Court has instructed the government to do it.
The proposal to establish a detention center for foreign nationals is stored in delay in the state after strong protests against the citizenship amendment law as a step to the open detention center is seen as a pro-CAA step by the government, especially when the government is a CAA critic.
However, in the appeal submitted by two Nigerian citizens – who was arrested and held at the Viyur Central Prison in a case registered at the Guruvayur Police Station – Court on December 18, 2020 observed that foreign nationals continued in unlimited prison and the government did not do Anything to implement the 2015 court direction to establish detention centers to accommodate foreigners like that.
The court then directed the government to establish a detention center within six months and submit a compliance report in front of the court.
On April 9, 2021, the same bench issued another order that said that to find a temporary detention center, there was no policy decision needed, and instructed the authorities to record a detention center within 30 days from the second day.
On the basis of the order, the state police then instructed the district police chief, Thrissur City, R Adithya to find a temporary detention center at the beginning, which later found a house for that purpose.
In 2015, the center had instructed all countries to establish a temporary detention center for foreign national citizens who had been tried in this country for various violations and were waiting for deportation.