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999 Bangladeshis were in India illegally, says Border Guards Bangladesh head
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- Nearly 1,000 Bangladesh nationals were detained in Bangladesh in 2019 for living in India “illegally”, and the Bangladesh government has initiated legal proceedings against them, Major-General Shafeenul Islam, Director-General of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB), said in Dhaka on Thursday.
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- More about the announcement
(1) This is the first time in recent decades that Bangladesh has made public the number of its citizens who had lived “illegally” in India.
(2) Timing of announcement: The announcement came following the talks between the Directors-General of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards Bangladesh in New Delhi from December 25 to 30, 2019.
(3) Nine hundred and ninety-nine Bangladesh nationals — 135 children, 258 women and 606 men — were detained.
(4) And 312 of them were arrested in November and 133 in December.
(5) Officials said they were arrested on the border, while going to India or returning home.
(6) Their identities were ascertained and legal proceedings initiated “as per law for illegally entering and staying” in another country
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The Hindu