QUYẾT ĐỊNH MỚI: CHỈ CÓ DI DÂN KHÔNG PHẢI HỒI GIÁO (MUSLIM) MỚI ĐƯỢC CÔNG NHẬN QUỐC TỊCH ẤN ĐỘ./-TCL
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What is the Citizenship Amendment Bill?
The controversial new federal law entitles non-Muslim migrants from three Muslim-majority countries to citizenship, if they have faced religious persecution.
It makes it easier for non-Muslim minorities to receive citizenship, amending the law that previously prohibited illegal immigrants from becoming Indian citizens.
Under the law, religious minorities such as Hindus and Christians in neighbouring Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, who have settled in India prior to 2015, will have the opportunity to become Indian citizens on grounds they have faced persecution in those countries.
It also allows them to file for citizenship after six years of residency, down from a residency requirement of 11 out of the last 14 years in the original law.
Critics argue the law is part of the Government's agenda to marginalise Muslims, and that it violates secular principles of the Indian constitution.
It has been called divisive and dozens of notable Indian personalities have asked the Government to withdraw it.
It raises concerns that the Government is trying to push a Hindu-first identity for India, while ignoring Muslims — the biggest minority group in India.
The Indian Express said the law, which requires presidential assent, unfairly targets India's 170 million Muslims.
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