What are detention centres for foreigners?

GS Paper 2: Topics covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   Context: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently informed the Rajya Sabha that it does not maintain a centralised data on the total number of detention centres in the country, as …

What are detention centres for foreigners?

GS Paper 2 Topics covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   Context: Assam’s detention centres for foreigners and those declared such by specific tribunals have been renamed as transit camps.   Please note: The State currently has six detention centres and they have …