India Puts Millions at Risk of Deportation
- Citizens list will mostly affect Assam’s Muslim population
- Government urges calm, asks people not to listen to rumors
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Security has been tightened across India’s northeastern state of Assam as millions discovered they were at risk of deportation following the release of the federal government’s controversial citizens list.
About four million people saw their names were missing from the final draft of the list that was published by the Registrar General of India on Monday.