Karnataka to build a ‘detention centre’ for overstaying foreigners, illegal immigrants

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August 16, 2018

Bengaluru: The union government of India has urged the Karnataka state government to set up a “detention centre” in Bengaluru exclusively for overstaying foreign nationals and illegal immigrants from other countries.

The Union Home Ministry wrote a letter last week to the Principal Secretary of the State Home Department, directing to take up measures to set up a detention centre in Bengaluru at the earliest. The letter signed by PC Guite, Under Secretary, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (Foreigners’ Dept).

The development comes amidst reports of rising number of crimes involving overstaying foreign nationals across Bengaluru.

“It has been contended that a large number of illegal immigrants from Africa and Bangladesh are residing in Bengaluru. They have been allegedly found indulging in various illegal activities such as drug peddling, prostitution, online frauds, house thefts and robberies,” the letter said.

Referring to the provisions provided with the state governments under the Foreigners Act 1946, the Centre directed Karnataka to restrict the movement of foreign nationals awaiting deportation and restrict them in a detention centre for foreigners, ensuring physical availability at all times for expeditious repatriation or deportation as soon as the travel documents are ready.

Even though the Centre has written to the state, the city police presented a different version. According to them, a proposal to set up a detention centre for foreigners has been pending for three years. The East Division police had demanded a detention centre after overstaying Africans and Bangladeshis were involved in a spate of crimes in the last few years.

Last month, Bengaluru Central parliamentarian P C Mohan and Mahadevapura MLA Aravind Limbavali had appealed to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to set up a detention centre. Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju had also favoured the proposal and directed the ministry’s division concerned to expedite the process.

“As of now, we are doing our best with whatever we have in hand. However, that does not serve any purpose,” revealed a senior police officer. “We can send them to prison, but soon after they get bail, they have to report to a state-designated detention centre which is absent in our state,” admitted an officer. While the state has to bear the expenses towards their stay at the detention centres, the Ministry of External Affairs will later reimburse the money, according to sources.

Promising action, Kamal Pant, ADGP, Law and Order, said, “We are in the process of identifying a suitable place to construct a detention centre. It will be accomplished very soon.”

Comments

Ramprasad
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Thursday, 16 Aug 2018

Each dictricts should have monitoring system. Lack of monitoring creaters security issues

Farooq
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Thursday, 16 Aug 2018

Crime rates are increasing at the same time chances of mob lynching also. People may have doubt on such people and it may leads to mob lynching. Better to start monistoring system and detenyion centres soon

Kumar
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Thursday, 16 Aug 2018

Actually most of them are coming to India for better job. Sending back to refugee camp means sending to hell. Refugee camps are not safe, What we can do is proper monitoring of such people. It may help them also. 

Danish
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Thursday, 16 Aug 2018

What is the purpose of detention centres. Do the authorities accept possible way to return them to their country?

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March 3,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 3: Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that the party's protest will continue until the Speaker will allow them to discuss BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yathnal's recent comments on freedom fighter HS Doreswamy.

"Our protest in the well of state assembly will continue until Speaker allows us to discuss about Basanagouda Patil Yatnal," Siddaramaiah said.

Congress MLAs staged a protest in the Karnataka Assembly and entered the well demanding BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yathnal's apology for his 'Pakistani agent' remark.

Earlier, Congress leaders on February 26 staged a protest on the same issue in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue at Vidhana Soudha.

Yathnal, on February 25, called Doreswamy a fake freedom fighter and a Pakistani agent while addressing the media. His comments triggered a controversy drawing sharp remarks from Congress and other parties.

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January 29,2020

Hubballi, Jan 29: Thousands of people took part in a protest march against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) causing traffic snarl in the city on Tuesday.

Various Dalit organisations had taken part in protest organised under the aegis of the 'Samvidana Samrakshana Samiti'.

KPCC members including MLA Prasad Abbayya, former Minister A.M. Hindasageri and office-bearers also joined the protest.

They congregated first at B.R. Ambedkar Statue near the Head Post Office in Hubballi. Holding flags and banners, the protesters marched from Ambedkar statue to mini Vidhana Soudha covering Lamington Road, Sangolli Rayanna Statue and Kittur Chennamma Circle.

Mr. Abbayya said that despite opposition from various minority communities and progressive organisations, the Union government had not changed its stand. The opposition would continue till the new law was repealed, he said.

He termed the CAA as a draconian law that meted out injustice to not only Muslims but also to Hindus. “Giving citizenship based on documents is highly condemnable. At a time when the country is undergoing an economic slowdown, it is highly condemnable that thousands of crores are being spent to enact the law. The Union government should immediately abolish the new law,” he said.

They submitted a memorandum to the Hubballi tahsildar that was addressed to the President, seeking abolition of the new law. In view of the march, the police had diverted traffic and had made elaborate bandobast.

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: The Karnataka government on Wednesday identified 14 departments as essential and asked all its employees to attend work during the extended period of lockdown to check coronavirus spread in the state.

According to a circular issued by Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar, all classes of officials/employees in these departments must attend to their work.

The departments are: Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, Home, Revenue, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Urban Development, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Information and Public Relations, Transport, Energy, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (e-Governance), Finance (including treasuries), Animal Husbandry and Fisheries and Forest, Ecology and Environment.

In all other departments, only Group-A officers have been directed to report for duty.

However, those visually-impaired or physically-

handicapped are exempt from work, the circular said, adding that this norms will be valid till April 19.

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