À l'étranger, le Premier ministre indien, Narendra Modi, attire souvent des foules de partisans de la diaspora.
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00:00 Abroad, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi often attracts crowds of supporters of the diaspora.
00:06 However, in India, the revocation of visas and stay titles for critics of the power
00:12 or foreign refugees of Indian origin cause tensions and create an atmosphere of misunderstanding.
00:16 Vanessa Duniak, a French freelance journalist who has been living in India for 25 years,
00:21 saw her life change on January 18.
00:24 That day, she found herself giving, in her apartment in New Delhi, an envelope from the Indian Ministry of the Interior.
00:30 For her, it was good news.
00:33 Then I read the letter.
00:35 It was quite the opposite.
00:37 It was really very bad news.
00:40 The official letter informed the reporter of the revocation of her residence status.
00:45 Aged 51, Vanessa Duniak worked for 23 years as a correspondent in India for a number of French newspapers,
00:53 including La Croix and Le Point.
00:54 This country has become her home, married to an Indian citizen, she also has a son.
00:59 But on January 18, her name extended a list made up of those who criticize, abroad,
01:05 Hindu nationalist policies of the government of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,
01:10 and who see themselves prohibiting entry into the territory, according to the ONG Human Rights Watch.
01:14 These prohibitions are part of the wider repression carried out by the Modi administration
01:20 regarding Indian citizenship laws.
01:23 But the goal of the ever-growing arsenal of laws and singular peace policies,
01:26 targeting and punishing dissident voices, explains Amnesty International in a statement,
01:31 underlining the violations of human rights that have multiplied in India
01:34 during the 10 years of power of Narendra Modi.
01:36 As part of the 2024 legislative elections, which will begin on April 19
01:41 and should lead Narendra Modi back to a third mandate,
01:44 experts issue a warning that Indian secular democracy is being remodeled
01:49 into a majority Hindu nation, intolerant of dissent and religious minorities.
01:54 A rich Indian diaspora.
01:56 Vanessa Duniak held a foreign Indian citizen card, OCI,
02:01 which is presented in the form of a blue sky document with passport-like features
02:04 giving her a visa and residence permits.
02:07 India not authorizing dual citizenship, the OCI cards are then delivered,
02:12 for a sum of $275, to foreign Indian citizens of Indian origin and Indian citizens' spouses.
02:18 Nearly 4 million people are concerned to date.
02:21 It should be noted that the Indian diaspora is the largest in the world,
02:25 with nearly 18 million people in 2020, according to UN figures.
02:29 It is also one of the richest.
02:31 In 2022, funds sent to India reached a record of nearly $108 billion
02:37 in about 3% of the GDP, or more than any other country.
02:40 This status of resident is a ninth attempt by the different governments
02:44 to exploit the economic potential of the diaspora.
02:47 However, the term "citizen of India abroad" is misleading
02:51 insofar as the holder does not have the guarantees of citizenship or voting rights.
02:55 An element that had not raised any protests until the re-election of the Prime Minister
03:00 will not make 2019 cursed and the establishment of new regulations on citizenship and visas.
03:05 The procedures concerning my OCI status have broken.
03:08 In the space of a few months, the Indian Parliament, dominated by the BJP party in power,
03:14 had adopted a controversial law on citizenship,
03:17 which had triggered murderous demonstrations in the country.