On Friday, first batch of illegal foreigner shifted to the Matia Transit Camp. This camp is the country’s largest detention centre. So far 68 persons are transferred to the centre.
The transit camnp is located in Goalpara about 130km west of Guwahati.
Among the detainees shifted to the camp includes 45 men, 21 women and two children. They all are declared as foreigners by the quasi-judicial Foreigner Tribunals and those convicted by judicial courts of visa violations.
The Matia Transit Camp is built on 2.5 hectares of land and can accommodate 3,000 people and was built as per the guidelines of the Central Government.
At present, there are six detention centers within the jail – Kokrajhar and Goalpara district jails and Tezpur, Silchar, Dibrugarh and Jorhat central jails.
