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India grants citizenship to first 14 refugees under controversial law
The Straits Times
|May 17, 2024
Move comes amid election during which religious divisions have taken centre stage
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India granted citizenship on May 15 to a first batch of 14 people under a controversial law that has been criticised for discriminating against Muslims, midway through a general election in which religious divisions have taken centre stage.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) grants citizenship to Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to India from Muslim-majority Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before Dec 31, 2014, because of religious persecution.
Enacted in 2019, the law was not immediately implemented due to strong protests and sectarian violence in New Delhi and other places that resulted in the death of scores of people.
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