Nigerian nationals most deported foreigners in 2023–24: residence ministry
The house ministry delegated powers to state authorities officers in 31 districts throughout 9 states to grant citizenship to foreigners below the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955.
‘Out of this, 1,278 have been granted by registration below Part 5 and 421 have been granted by naturalisation below Part 6 of the Citizenship Act, 1955,’ the report stated. The information nonetheless, doesn’t replicate the variety of citizenship certificates granted below the Citizenship (Modification) Act, 2019 (CAA).
The report acknowledged that the CAA is a centered laws, looking for to supply a rest to aforementioned communities from the desired international locations with a specifed closing date. ‘It’s a compassionate and ameliorative laws,’ the ministry claimed.
The CAA fast-tracks citizenship for undocumented migrants of the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan who had come to India earlier than 31 December 2014.
Round 98 lakh foreigners visited India in the course of the 2023–24 interval into account, and the best variety of guests have been from Bangladesh (21,08,734), adopted by the USA of America (17,37,549), the UK (9,86,954), Australia (4,72,913), Canada (4,00,417), Sri Lanka (2,85,664), Malaysia (2,80,578), Germany (2,39,271), Nepal (2,02,197) and Singapore (2,00,708).
