The Centre on Tuesday (12.12.2023) filed an affidavit furnishing the details on illegal immigrants and those who have been granted citizenship in light of S.6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955.On December.
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it is not possible to collect data on illegal migrants living in various parts of the country as the entry of foreign nationals is clandestine and surreptitious.
Answering the court's query posed on December 7, the Centre said 32,381 people have been detected as foreigners under the orders of foreigners tribunal with reference to the period of 1966-1971
The Indian government informed the Supreme Court that collecting data on illegal migrants across the country is not possible due to their clandestine and surreptitious entry. The statement was made in response to the court s inquiry into the constitutional validity of section 6A of the Citizenship Act related to illegal immigrants in Assam.