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Casablanca: This map of refugees is still relevant in today's world

The National Registry of Citizens has the potential to create even more immigrants in a world overwhelmed with them

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Casablanca poster. Photo: Wikipedia

Uttaran Das Gupta
On Monday, Assam released the final draft of the National Register of the Citizens (NRC) of India, with 4 million people listed as “illegal” immigrants and sparking fears that it would lead to forced migrations and creation of more immigrants in a world overwhelmed with it. While refugees have always existed, in small or large numbers, the current upsurge began in 2015, at the height of the Syrian civil war, when millions from the once-prosperous West Asian nation fled to Europe. At first, the European nations, especially Germany, opened their doors and welcomed the migrants, but soon enough the rhetoric