Overview
- On Monday, July 13, 2026, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the state assembly that 1,679 people were repatriated, deported, sent back, or expelled to Bangladesh between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2026.
- The government said 193 of those repatriated had earlier been declared foreigners by Foreigners’ Tribunals, with 67 expelled under the revived Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950 and 126 classified as ‘sent back.’
- Assam still carries 91,385 ‘D‑voters’ on its electoral rolls, and the state reported that 244,144 D‑voter cases were referred to Foreigners’ Tribunals with 205,659 disposed; tribunals have declared 56,728 people foreigners and 65,171 as Indian citizens.
- The state asserts it does not repatriate anyone with an appeal pending and says it follows central rules and human‑rights safeguards; at the same time the Supreme Court has ordered fresh hearings in ex parte tribunal cases and stressed fair procedure for citizenship decisions.
- D‑voters are people marked in Assam’s rolls when their citizenship documents are questioned and they are barred from voting until a tribunal or court rules; renewed use of the 1950 law and continued pushbacks raise practical and legal risks for affected families and make further court challenges likely.