GENEVA (27 December 2018) – UN experts* expressed today deep concern that the impending deadline in the Indian state of Assam to finalise a process to determine citizenship could see the world’s total stateless population explode overnight by more than 4 million. The independent experts said that the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) list, published in June 2018, could potentially have far-reaching consequences, predominantly affecting members of minority groups living in Assam deemed to have failed to establish that they are citizens of India.
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 27 December 2018. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
