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India a Home Only to Hindus? New Refugee Policy Exacerbates Tensions
Indien als Heimat für Hindus weltweit? Neue Flüchtlingspolitik verschärft Spannungen
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GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Asien-Studien
Abstract A new citizenship amendment bill introduced in the Indian parliament in July 2016 proposes easing the path to citizenship for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians fleeing persecution in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. In omitting Muslims from this provision, however, the bi... view more
A new citizenship amendment bill introduced in the Indian parliament in July 2016 proposes easing the path to citizenship for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians fleeing persecution in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. In omitting Muslims from this provision, however, the bill has rekindled religious and ethnic tensions in India and South Asia.... view less
Keywords
India; policy on refugees; Hinduism; Buddhism; Christianity; nationalism; Muslim; population policy; Bangladesh; Pakistan; Afghanistan; nationality; citizenship; legal norm; discrimination; religious group; religious conflict; ethnic conflict; South Asia
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
Indian People's Party
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
City
Hamburg
Page/Pages
10 p.
Series
GIGA Focus Asien, 8
ISSN
1862-359X
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works