Hundreds of Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants Queue at Border as 'Detect, Delete, Deport' Begins
West Bengal told districts to set up holding centres for people found staying illegally as hundreds gathered near the Bangladesh border, officials said.
- On Tuesday, a major campaign under the "Detect, Delete and Deport" policy pushed growing numbers of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants toward West Bengal's international border, with unusually large crowds gathering at the Hakimpur checkpost in North 24 Parganas.
- The West Bengal government directed district magistrates on May 23 to establish holding centres for apprehended foreign nationals and released prisoners awaiting deportation, aligning with Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines for Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingya communities.
- A Bangladeshi migrant who worked as a mechanic in Howrah said, "There is no work and no one is letting us stay," after arriving two to three years ago without an Aadhaar card or ration card; of ten who arrived together, only he was returning.
- BJP MP Khagen Murmu claimed on Tuesday that many allegedly undocumented Bangladeshi migrants have been deported while others are being traced, stating holding centres will house remaining migrants as part of the party's election promises.
- Officials reportedly discuss directly transferring detained migrants to the Border Security Force instead of prolonged holding centre procedures, with the BSF transferring them to Bangladesh, as border fencing accelerates along Bengal's frontier.
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