Delhi: Awaiting deportation in a city defined by displacement

Behind the detention centres in Delhi is a December order from the Delhi lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena

In the quiet, residential lanes in northwest Delhi’s Rohini Sector 18, is an ageing community hall, its faded brick facade blending into the quaint neighbourhood. Passersby may take it for a wedding hall past its prime — a relic of municipal planning, perhaps now used for meetings by local politicians or RWA events.

Inside the detention centre in Sector 18 of Rohini. (HT Photo)

A closer inspection puts such theories to rest. There’s a police van outside. Officers smoke quietly in the shade. Inside, Bangladeshi nationals lie on mattresses, waiting for