1. Framing the Intervention 27 There are currently 100 Foreigners Tribunals functioning in Assam. After the repeal of the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983 in 2005, the Government of Assam converted the existing 11 IMDT Tribunals into FTs. 21 new FTs were established in the year 2005, followed by 4 FTs in 2009. In 2014, additional 64 FTs were set up to dispose of the pending cases in FTs. Out of the 100 Tribunals, 36 are permanent Tribunals, and the remaining 64 FTs require periodic extension of terms from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The FTs in Assam are spread across 28 districts of Assam. The districts of Jorhat, Sivasagar, Golaghat, Charaideo, and Majuli share the jurisdiction of a common FT at Jorhat, while Barpeta district has 11 FTs, the most for any single district.