Overview
- Four members of the High‑Level Committee on Demographic Changes arrived in Jammu for a three‑day fact‑finding visit that will include Kathua, Samba and visits to border settlements.
- The committee is led on the ground by the Census Commissioner and includes Durga Shanker Mishra, Balaji Srivastava and Shamika Ravi while chair Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar did not join the trip.
- Officials say the panel plans to inspect the Hiranagar detention centre, where about 450 Rohingya are held, and to review local settlements and verification operations tied to suspected migrants.
- The team is meeting shortlisted civil‑society groups and local officials, including migrant and refugee representatives, to collect testimony that will feed policy, legal and operational recommendations.
- The committee is in an evidence‑gathering phase and must submit a report within one year that could propose new systems for identifying, detaining and deporting people the government classifies as illegal immigrants.