The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019
The amendment has been criticized as discriminating on the basis of religion, particularly for excluding Muslims
The Indian Constitution implemented in 1950 guaranteed citizenship to all of the country's residents at the commencement of the constitution, and made no distinction on the basis of religion
A very large number of illegal immigrants, the largest numbers of whom are from Bangladesh, live in India
India is not a signatory to either the 1951 UN Refugee Convention or the 1967 Protocol.