Pakshal SecretryAIR 8 · CSE 2025 · 163 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a figure
As per Census 2011, there were 11 million illegal immigrants living in the India.
Body · points and prose
Threat to Democracy, Sovereignty & internal security
- Democracy
- 1. Illegal Voting
- 2. Consuming of benefits
- 3. Proxy identity document creation
- Sovereignty
- 1. Illegal Migration = External Aggression (SC in Assam Case)
- 2. Threatens India's unity & culture
- Internal Security
- 1. Demographic Changes
- 2. Leading to riots (eg. Assam)
- 3. Lead to Terrorism (eg. OGWs)
Role of Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025
- Allows for sending back of illegal migrants
- Empowered foreign Tribunal to declare them foreigners
- Duty of state → To identify and deport.
- Reduced court intervention in process
Challenges with Act
(A) Constitutional
- Might lead to deportation of Refugees (Against Art 51)
- Violation of Right to life (Art 21) of people
- Discriminates People against Article 14
- Violation of Principle of reciprocity
(B) Human Right Challenges 5) Deportation → against human rights charter 6) No safeguards against legal migrants / persecuted members 7) Use of harsh method (eg. Recent allegation of dumping Rohingya in sea) 8) Detention for extended period → Against human rights of liberty.
Close · a quotation
"As land of Buddha & Gandhi, India has always welcomed persecuted people, but there is no place for illegal migrants" — PM Modi