SINDHANUR: 5 Bangladeshi refugees residing at reduction camps in Sindhanur taluk of Karnataka’s Raichur district have been granted Indian citizenship beneath CAA—the primary such occasion within the state, stories Chamaraj Savadi.
These granted citizenship are Ramakrishnan Abhikari, Advith, Sukumar, Bipradas Golder and Jayant Mandal from rehabilitation camps.Until date, 146 Bangladeshi refugees in camps have submitted on-line functions beneath the Citizenship Modification Act (CAA).
Pranab Bala, lawyer and resident at one of many 5 Sindhanur camps, mentioned round 25,000 people have resided in these refugee camps over the previous 4 a long time. Of those, 20,000 are refugees from Bangladesh, and 5,000 from Burma (now Myanmar).
The camps date again to 1971 when there was heavy inflow of refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan to India throughout the Liberation Warfare.
These granted citizenship are Ramakrishnan Abhikari, Advith, Sukumar, Bipradas Golder and Jayant Mandal from rehabilitation camps.Until date, 146 Bangladeshi refugees in camps have submitted on-line functions beneath the Citizenship Modification Act (CAA).
Pranab Bala, lawyer and resident at one of many 5 Sindhanur camps, mentioned round 25,000 people have resided in these refugee camps over the previous 4 a long time. Of those, 20,000 are refugees from Bangladesh, and 5,000 from Burma (now Myanmar).
The camps date again to 1971 when there was heavy inflow of refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan to India throughout the Liberation Warfare.
