How many detention centres are there for holding ldquo convicted foreigners rdquo and ldquo declared...........

Assam Polity and Governance

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How many detention centres are there for holding “convicted foreigners” and “declared foreigners” in Assam?

Five

Six

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Ten

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Explanation:

In a significant change in nomenclature, the Assam government has said that detention centres, which house “foreigners” in Assam, will now be called “transit camps”.The nomenclature of detention centre is changed to ‘Transit Camp’ for detention purpose” in partial modification of an earlier notification dated 17.06.2009.

=> In Assam, which has seen waves of migration from East Bengal (later East Pakistan and now Bangladesh) over the decades, there are six detention centres for holding “convicted foreigners” and “declared foreigners” inside district jails in Goalpara, Kokrajhar, Tezpur, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Silchar.