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Stateless in Assam

This summer, India published a list which effectively stripped about four million people in the north-eastern state of Assam of their citizenship.

This summer, India published a list which effectively stripped about four million people in the north-eastern state of Assam of their citizenship. India says the National Register of Citizens is needed to identify illegal Bangladeshi migrants. But it has sparked fears of a witch hunt against Assam's ethnic minorities. Rajini Vaidyanathan reports.

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Mon 9 Dec 2019 09:10GMT

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