Beyond CAA: India widens protection for migrants fleeing persecution, 2024 new relief cutoff

CAA: Govt allows select minorities to stay in India without passport

The Union Home Ministry on Monday, September 1, issued an order announcing that the government now exempts minority communities, namely, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian fleeing religious persecution from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, who entered the country by December 31, 2024, without requiring valid passports or travel documents. “A person belonging to a minority community in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, nam…

Persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh who entered India by 2024 can stay in country: MHA

The order will apply to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who do not have passports or other travel documents.

Beyond CAA: India widens protection for migrants fleeing persecution, 2024 new relief cutoff

The Immigration and Foreigners Order, 2025 offers relief to persecuted minorities entering India without papers

Masterstroke by Amit Shah as Hindus from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan will now be allowed to…, – The Times of Bengal

Home News Masterstroke by Amit Shah as Hindus from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan will now be allowed to…, , Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians can also… Members of minority communities including Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who entered India on or before 31 December 2024 will be allowed to stay in India. Published: September 3, 2025 10:38 PM IST Home Minister Amit Shah- File image New Delhi: In a ma…

Foreign minorities, except Muslims, allowed to stay in India without passports if they arrived before 2025, says Home Ministry

In an order issued on Monday, the Union Home Ministry announced that members of minority communities, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians, fleeing religious persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan will be permitted to remain in India without passports or travel documents, provided they arrived in the country on or before December 31, 2024. This marks a shift from the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which had ear…

CAA Deadline Extended: A Major Relief for Minority Refugees from Pakistan and Afghanist - Business League

The Union Home Ministry has said that members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who came to India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan till December 31, 2024 to escape religious persecution will be allowed to stay in the country even without passport or other travel documents. According to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) implemented last year, these persecuted minorities who came to India on or before 31 …