been in india that's been called the largest of its kind in the world that's over in northeast india assam states the island lies in the from up with sort of a base and its location in the my future of our has always made it prone to flooding and the erosion but in recent throws the effect of climate change has made these natural phenomena far worse. majeure li is the largest river island in the world. but it's days are numbered life here is under threat from swelling rivers and mismanagement devoting the land pushing thousands to flee farmar 9 durham has already lost one home to forces beyond his control. yeah go. after the erosion we've lost everything. now we don't even have our own land america latina a crop fields like his have been swallowed up by the vast river it's easy to see why they call this the brahmaputra leaning son of the creator for centuries it sustained all manner of life here local still offer thanks but now it's taking over wiping out villages some are losing faith. the situation we're in now he's living like a refugee now. he's crossing seen the river so closely i can't trus

india's supreme cot ordered the local government of assam to create a new register of citizens in the state. it took four years, more than 50,000 government employees, and cost more than $200 million. residents of assam were required to apply with documentation proving they or their family had lived in india before 1971, thea cut-of for immigrants to be considered indian citizens. when the government released the final list of citizens, many t were surprisfind their names missing. there are plenty of errors in the government database. take for example the case of alimuddin sheikh. now, the goverent has a record of his grandfather, who was registered in 1951; the government has a rec his dad, registered in 1966; he has tax cards; he has a voter i.d.; his kids have birth certifates here. and yet, he was still rejected.h kh says his older brother did make it onto the list. >> ( translated ): i cannot say why it happened. i submitted the same papers that my elder brother did. same papers were smitted. >> sreenivasan: submitting paperwork was expensive for sheikh, who earns about $2 a day. he sa

sleep in in their own room natasha going to ayman al jazeera a man india's prime minister narendra modi is in the northeast and state of assam for the 1st time since protests broke out there in december gave a speech that failed to mention the demonstrations which were triggered by a controversial citizenship last seen by many as one time muslim india correspondent elizabeth random is monitoring the visit from the capital new delhi. he spoke for a long time and he was there in a place called bodo and autonomous territory also signing at peace accord with the tribal group the bodos now critics have said that this was a hastily signed accord because the government needs the political support of the bodos as it faces opposition elsewhere. over the citizenships door and whereas protests around the country elsewhere and there have been by people who say that the rule discriminates against muslims the protests in the movie states like for a different reason the northeastern state has the largest number of migrants. and people. in the feel that they will become a minority in their own states so the prime minister was talking celebr

sleep in in their own room natasha going to ayman al jazeera a man india's prime minister narendra modi is in the northeastern state of assam for the 1st time since protests broke out there in december when he gave a speech that failed to mention the demonstrations which were triggered by a controversial citizenship last seen by many as anti muslim india correspondent elizabeth random is monitoring the visit from the capital new delhi. he spoke for a long time and he was there in a place called border land and autonomous territory off to signing a peace accord with the tribal group the bodos now critics have said that this was a hastily signed accord because the government needs the political support of the borders as it faces opposition elsewhere in our over the citizenship door and whereas protests around the country elsewhere and india have been by people who say that the rule discriminates against muslims the protests from the movies to the states like a for a different reason the northeastern states have the largest number of migrants from buying the. they share a border and people there who are an ethnic minority in i

one in india the prime minister says that his government will continue to push for peace in the country's northeast and render modi has been addressing crowds in the state of assam it's his 1st trip to the area since his government passed a controversial citizenship law which is sponsored widespread protests people in a sandwich board with bangladesh say the measure would open up the region to a flood of 4 migrants but modi tried to allay those fears you know the progress. report is there all forces which are using the full energy and spreading rumors in the northeast region they say that with the citizenship of right people from outside the country comes through the state i assure the people of us that nothing of this sort to happen. here a 20 year old british woman who joined by still has lost the 1st stage of her appeal against the u.k. government's decision to strip of citizenship should mean the begum left london in 2015 along with 2 other schoolgirls to join i still she resurfaced at a syrian refugee camp a year ago when she told reporters she wanted to return to britain and heywood has more on the case itself. it's 5 years ago this month since them along