Borrowed Lives on Fake IDs: SIR Sparks Reverse Migration of 'Illegal Bangladehis' at Hakimpur Border

Borrowed lives on fake IDs: SIR sparks reverse migration of 'illegal Bangladehis' at Hakimpur border

In a surprising turn, undocumented Bangladeshi migrants are making their way back from West Bengal, driven by the anxiety surrounding the new Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Families are forming long lines at border posts, eager to return to their roots before the threat of detention looms larger.

West Bengal: BSF repatriates 1,720 Bangladeshi nationals amid verification delays at Hakimpur check post

The Border Security Force (BSF) South Bengal Frontier has repatriated 1,720 Bangladeshi nationals over the past week, all of whom were living illegally in different parts of West Bengal. The individuals were formally handed over to Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) through the Hakimpur Checkpost in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Strict verification process behind delays BSF officials confirmed that every Bangladeshi national arrivin…

Borrowed lives on fake IDs: SIR sparks reverse migration of 'illegal Bangladehis' at Hakimpur border

Hakimpur, Nov 23 (PTI) Beside a pitch road that opens into a narrow, dusty mud bylane at the Hakimpur BSF border outpost in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas, a stretch has become an informal departure corridor for "illegal Bangladeshis", who lived in the state for years.Under a sprawling banyan tree, families with small cloth bags, children clutching plastic bottles, and men waiting on their haunches formed a silent queue on Saturday, repeating a…

Reverse migration of Bangladeshis may impact TMC in polls

Since the rollout of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on November 4, border posts like Hakimpur in North 24 Parganas district have witnessed a marked increase in Bangladeshi nationals returning home, with district authorities and the Border Security Force noting that more than 1,600 Bangladeshi migrants had crossed back in just days. Many of these individuals had lived in India for over a decade, enrollin…