Report #1: Impoverished and Marginalised in Assam
Contents
Summary
1
Introduction
4
Methodology and Limitations
6
The Social and Political Context
7
Crisis of citizenship
7
The COVID-19 crisis and FTs
9
Overview of COVID-19 Measures in India
11
Government Responses
11
Legal responses
12
Socio-economic responses
13
Assam
13
The crisis of floods
14
COVID-19 and Declared Foreigners
14
Government Responses
15
Findings
17
Challenges under the legal process
19
Impact of COVID-19
21
COVID-19 Relief
23
Recommendations
27
Annexures
30
The Foreigners Tribunal
31
The FT Process
34
National Register of Citizens and
Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019
38
References
41
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