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NRC Conundrum
Why in news?
- 10 months window for those left out of the Final NRC.
- The Final NRC is to be published on 31 Aug 2019.
More in news
- Official have raised concerns of humanitarian crisis over the release of final NRC and the post-NRC scenario.
- Prolonged Procedure – as those left from out of the citizens list can go to the High Court and the Supreme Court.
- Precauntiory Steps by Administratio
(1) Deployment of police and other forces.
(2) Awareness and Sensitisation drives.
- Challenges
(1) Monitoring people excluded from the list.
(2) Sending people failing the legal proceedings to detention centres.
(3) Psychological Impact on Childrenas has been highlighted by the an Assam-based NGO.
(a) The NGO plans to set up a fact finding committee and suggest rectification if violation of children’s rights was found.
(b) 2018 report, Amnesty International stated children’s were detained with out access to counselling.
(c) A 2018 National Human Rights Commission report on Assam’s detention centres underlined the need for caring and protecting children of “foreigners” in detention camps under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
- Center extending help in
(1) Create e-Foreigners’ Tribunals
(2) Increase the number of Foreigners’ Tribunals from the existing 100 to 1,000.
- Foreigner Tribunals
(1) They are quasi-judicial establishments.
(2) Headed by members who are lawyers and retired judges and bureaucrats
(3) At least 200 of the additional Foreigners’ Tribunals are expected to be set up by September in Assam.
Source
The Hindu