Assam govt shifts ‘declared foreigners’ from 6 detention centres to Matia transit camp

Guwahati: The state government on Sunday completed the process of shifting ‘declared foreigners’ to a newly built dedicated detention centre, now renamed as transit camp, in Goalpara district, a senior official said.
Assam inspector general (prisons) Pubali Gohain said the last batch of 87 inmates from Silchar detention centre was taken to the dedicated Matia transit camp. “The inmates started their journey from Silchar on Saturday and reached Goalpara today. With this, the process of shifting all declared foreigner inmates lodged in the six transit camps has been completed,” she said.
Of the 87 “declared foreigners”, 64 are from Myanmar, 22 from Bangladesh and one from Senegal, another senior official said.
SP (Cachar) Numal Mahatta said the district administration facilitated their transportation, while the Cachar police is taking care of their safety. The process of shifting the inmates to the Matia camp began on January 27 with the transferring of 68 ‘declared foreigners’ from the Goalpara detention centre.