Public sentiment regarding the Bangladeshi migration crisis is highly polarized, showcasing intense anxiety over illegal immigration and its implications on national security, demographic changes, and political stability in India. While many commenters demand immediate government action for stricter border controls and citizenship verification, there is also an underlying frustration with political leadership perceived as ineffective or detrimental to addressing the situation. Some empathy is expressed for migrants, indicating awareness of the humanitarian complexities involved.

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UltraBakait

All of these guys will be back in January 2026

blinksTooLess

Okay, it was kind of open secret for both State and Central govt, State police and BSF, even the people and small business owners of the state that there are many illegal bangladeshi immigrants making a living in this state (even in few other states). Based on the ground reports there, they worked as cheap labor in many shops, many household as maids etc. So, all of a sudden everyone is acting astonished seeing these many people at borders is quite funny. Based on the reports of many agencies and HJUK, most of them came via middle mans by paying around ₹ 5K-6K. And now they find this way much safer to return to their country without even the hassles of paying a middle man.


So, how the media and BJP is trying to portray this as a fear of SIR and legal consequences, I think it's not the whole picture. I fear that many Bangladeshis are still staying here and will make through the SIR with the help of TMC. People who are fleeing are only a fraction. 


We'll see the end result after the SIR ends. Let's hope for the best and trust ECI to deliver their job. 

BloodySurgeon_20

Why are they going through checkpost if they had fake documents? Aren’t they afraid they can be caught there? If came illegally, isn’t leaving via alternate route will be preferred option for them?

Complex_Command_8377

_shinchandler_

Their biometrics are already taken so they are fcked.

Choice-Song-147

If there's 50 lakh Bangladeshi in WB, then there's 2-3 crore foreign migrants/colonists from other states. They fool you but giving Bangladeshi excuse, while real demographic change is happening elsewhere. Welcome to Veg Baniya Raj!

Boatman754

More landmines , killer drones and wishful thinking 🐊 should be launched near the border

Sdhkb

A few years ago I was talking to this person while traveling on a train. He mentioned that he would get documents made for his clients and these documents weren't "fake", meaning if he got someone an Aadhar card (who isn't eligible to get one), then that person's details would be in the Aadhar database, so if someone checked, his documents would come up as valid. Not sure if he was mentioning this as a joke, but I wouldn't be surprised it this was true.

brazendude

So they entered illegally, got documents, voted in elections… and now want to leave because verification finally started? Wild.

Miss_Potentialgirlie

Illegal Bangladeshi migrants.

why afraid to use the correct terminology?

GroupFun5219

Impressive_Half_2819

Noooitsmeee

Technical_Sand4723

I don't get it, why are they leaving? They already have Voter Id, Aadhar Card then why are they leaving?

IndividualB00t

No doubt the whole left ecosystem is crying over SIR. their core loyal vote bank is getting effected.

MatterSufficient158

Not on this particular "ground report" but check what altnews factcheck shows about some of the media on this issue:


https://www.altnews.in/illegal-immigrants-leaving-bengal-no-viral-ferry-ghat-video-is-from-bangladesh/

doloresumbridge42

Less than 1000 "illegals" were found in Bihar SIR btw. So yeah, go ahead and believe all the shit being crammed into your brains.

gnivsarkar007

Hello IT CELL MAN. Hope you have a good day at work

Deep-Handle9955

The biggest politics has been played with the people of India. It's not like mamata let them in india. Control of border belongs to the Indian government. They let them in illegally here so they can play politics with this. Making forge documents come later. We've been made fool as usual. Stats clearly shows the illegal immigrants population took a surge after 2014 drastically. So yeah jokes on us

__vinpetrol

Bangladesh is our mexico but we are not the U.S

Normal_Human455

Do people still believe the BS that these godi media outlets are serving as news?

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Off late this sub is really missing the critical thinking part.

Over_Argument_9718

Grass always looks greener on the other side. Simple as that.

hardeep1singh

Bangladesh economy is fake that's why. Real GDP per capita and consumption is much lower.

FuryDreams

All issues of illegal immigrants ( be it in India or the US ) are fake issues made up by the government so they have someone to blame for all the problems

It’s simple if you think about it - how does the government know there are illegal immigrants? If they knew there were say 1 million illegal immigrants, then they should know who they are and can take action. If they don’t know, how can they claim there are any at all

There could be 100 illegal immigrants in India, what proof does the government have that there are thousands or lakhs of them?

Unfair_Fact_8258

comparing UP, Odisha to Kangludesh is epic delusion.

SadAppointment4568

Are you comparing Bangladesh as an economy to India? Like really?

krisantihypocrisy

If you think up is worse than bangladesh,you might have to stop smoking for a bit

chronicbawasir_2

It's a fake issue created to get votes from gullible people.  
After the Ram mandir issue is done, they needed some new issue for people to rally behind.

hi_my_name_is-

Stop your bullshit agenda. You all illegally migrate to a country and then talk shit about it  . Leave india which is a developing nation but you all talk like this for developed countries like usa  britain .  After you illegally migrate to a country then you are like 
1. How bad this country is the have no freedom of religion.
2. No infrastructure here  and people here are very bad .
3. We are getting tortured here No country behaves like this. This is the worst country.
But why the hell you illegally migrate. Stay at your country . And about Bangladesh see any report world wide you will  come to know weather they are migrating or not.

bcoz they're the core vote banks of TMC
Mamta Banerjee has allegedly given adhar cards to these illegals

And you're forgetting the most important point, PFI ka agenda bhi toh pura karna hai

Bandyamainexperthun

I am Bengali, and I can say with certainty that Bangladesh's GDP and per capita figures are fake. Even Yunus said this a few months ago. All the growth under Hasina was fake. You're not from this region, so you don't know anything.

Some-Belt3080

As someone who lives very close to Bangladesh (5 km from border) and often witnesses this, I hope I am eligible to answer this. First of all, for Bangladesh, the only city that is good enough is Dhaka, but that too at some portion. Rest of the country don't have much hope. Most of them come to India for better job opportunities and such because even a job that pays 10k a month here is a lot for them. And India being a huge country, has never ending requirements of labor that they can fulfil. Also huge corruption and violence of teams like Awami League, BNP, Jamat in Bangladesh forced a lot to shift here (not that things are any better here but better than Bangladesh). 

  
Along with that there are lot of illegal factories (illegal weapons manufacturing and such) that are run by some Bangladeshis. In my state, a lot of small villages have population of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. Hence it becomes even a more lucrative reason for them to come to this side.   
  
 "where they cannot even practice their own religion in full freedom as they can in their country" I cant say about other states but I can vouch for West Bengal that they will have no problem in practicing their religion in full freedom here since Islam is a majority in ALOT of towns and villages and district here (demographic changes over time).

Razor732103

Modi ko hatane ke liye and more specifically their hatred towards religion which is in majority here in india. Their only goal is to proselytising others. Mamta for vote will appease such ppl she don't care about anything. Just want to sustain. Knowing her bad actions has caused such a huge consequences on wb. She needs vote--will give them free food electricity fake aadhar card and voting id. Just vote her and this is how they infiltrate like mass here in india over all the states. Here in Delhi this ppl have ruined the streets with their tents and sudden huge population wave

Quant_Maths

Why do Indians migrate illegally to usa n canada to work as daily wage labourers after selling their assets to tune of 40 to 50 lakhs which they can comfortable live in india with?

play3xxx1

Short answer, they don't.

Every Bengali Muslim is tagged as a Bangladeshi in India.

There are 7.5 million Bangladeshi diaspora, 21% of whom are hindus and 67% are Muslims. Excluding hindu Bangladeshis, the vast Majority of Bangladeshis live in North America, Europe and Middle East.

Illegal immigration is nothing more than a hate mongering eco-chamber.

Repulsive_Text_4613

Same reason why some Israelis keep establishing and living in settlements in the West Bank, even though they already have their own country.

Classic-Sentence3148

Idk about any other state but the people of Gurgaon are so done with them.

Intelligent_Heart842

At this point, it is too late. The entire system has been corrupt for decades. A person can buy Aadhar card, voter card, passport by paying money. How will you now distinguish between a Bangladeshi and an Indian Bengali? Both have all the required documents to prove that they are Indians.  It’s not like they look different. So what do you do? Deport anyone that speaks Bengali and is Muslim?

LastSamuraiOf2000AD

Alleged? Aree bhai, deport karo toh problem, nahi karo toh bhi problem. There should be more transparency and more reliance on biometric data rather than ethnic/demographic politics.

bipolar-scorpio

Concern for what exactly? If anyone, like me, is living in any of the border states, they know very well just how much bangladeshi illegals are living here. And wherever they're living they destroy that place completely. There's absolutely no reason to keep such nuisances on taxpayers' money; especially knowing the general sentiment bangladeshis show against India.  
Drop them off to the core area of the Sundarban to become tiger food for all I care. Just get them off of my home!

thrustface

https://preview.redd.it/f8852b1w2b6f1.jpeg?width=250&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=b41e9a27d187dad25dc9d57d52e7f53a4cfad8f9

Good job

Social_Giant

Do you see what everyday Bengal and Assam and other bordering states going through.....deportation is must....illegals will kill our society...I don't understand the soft corner for them...why shud india take burden of those who are uneducated don't want to accept our culture and spread radical ideology...how many systemic killing of hindus needed ?

extreme_reincarnated

Genuine Question. what is required to proof citizenship? What are the procedures to check if its an illegal immigrant or an indian?

I ask these question cause our househelp of 20 years got expelled from the city few weeks ago and many other that live in jhuggi/slums and i heard that they are asking for citizenship proofs from these peoples.
So i just genuinely wanna know what are these roof and what are the procedure to check and also what safety filters are there to protect indian citizen from being wrongly labelled as illegal.

Conscious_Crazy5546

If the UK is so concerned about Bangladeshi immigrants they are welcome to take them off our hands.

Only the illegal migrants would be concerned.

Content-Box599

[https://ground.news/article/india-expels-muslims-into-bangladesh](https://ground.news/article/india-expels-muslims-into-bangladesh)

sharedevaaste

It is high time we deport people that are staying illegally in India. India could learn a thing or two from US deportation policy.

devilsdesigner

I do not feel any concern. We already have millions of illegals who have integrated so well that it is very difficult to weed them out. There are lakhs of bengali labourers in Kerala, and I am sure half of them are from Bangladesh. Corrupt officials help them with obtaining documents. Once they have an aadhar, getting PAN is not very difficult. If they are smart enough to work hard, make money, buy a house and get settled,  the next generation will easily get a passport.

A similar case occurred in Kerala recently and the guy was arrested. For every guy who was arrested, there will be a hundred who manage to slip through the gaps.

Appropriate_Page_824

Yeah the only concern here should be how many more we have to deport. And how many will dodge the authorities during the roundups

walkonhomeboi

How does the logistics work here? Is BD taking them back at the border?

Kejo2023

India has forcibly deported over 2,500 alleged Bangladeshi nationals since early May in an intensified nationwide campaign, raising concerns about violations of human rights, legal procedures and international norms.

The campaign, launched on 7 May, involves mass detention of suspected illegal immigrants across several states, including Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Assam and Rajasthan, followed by their transfer to border states such as Assam, Tripura, and Meghalaya, The Indian Express reported.

There, they are handed over to the Border Security Force and “pushed back” into Bangladesh. In a striking shift from earlier, the detainees are reportedly transported to the border in air force aircraft.

Authorities claim the crackdown is driven by national security concerns sparked in particular by a terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, on 22 April left 26 civilians dead and led to a military conflict with Pakistan.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed the northeastern state had detained almost 1,000 alleged Bangladeshis in recent months and expelled 303, IANS news agency reported.

A digital identification system has become key to the deportation campaign. The Foreigners Identification Portal – originally designed in 2018 to track Rohingya refugees from Myanmar – has been expanded to store biometric and demographic data of suspected migrants from Bangladesh, according to The Indian Express.

State governments, union territories, and the foreign ministry now have access to the portal, enabling deportation when identity can’t be verified. Additionally, applicants for national identity documents such as biometric-based Aadhaar card, voter IDs and ration cards are being screened against this database.

The home ministry has given states a 30-day deadline to verify the status of suspected undocumented immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar. This drive is supported by a centralised server integrating data from border and immigration agencies.

The campaign is also targeting Rohingya refugees and convicted foreign nationals in detention facilities.

Mr Sarma said even individuals who had received temporary protection from deportation by India’s Supreme Court and various high courts had been expelled – though later re-admitted to India through diplomatic intervention.

The chief minister cited the Supreme Court ruling upholding Section 6A of the 1955 Citizenship Act to justify bypassing Foreigners Tribunals, a quasi-judicial process for determining citizenship.

Section 6A allows those who entered Assam between 1966 and 1971 to apply for Indian citizenship, but it has long been opposed by Assamese groups who argue it legitimises migration from Bangladesh.

State authorities refer a person suspected to be a foreigner to a tribunal, which looks at documentary evidence to decide whether the person is Indian or not. The efficacy of the system has been criticised, however.

In an egregious case, a tribunal declared Assam resident Rahim Ali a foreigner, forcing him to wage a 12-year legal fight to prove his citizenship. By the time he was recognised as an Indian citizen by the Supreme Court, Ali had died. Delivering its ruling in July last year, the court called the tribunal’s order a “grave miscarriage of justice”.

Bangladesh has formally protested the deportations.

On 8 May, Dhaka lodged a diplomatic complaint with India and foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain confirmed that another protest note was forthcoming.

“We see it’s happening. It’s not feasible to resist physically,” Mr Hossain said. He urged both countries to resolve the issue through legal and diplomatic channels.

opinion_discarder

Abducting and dropping people off in mangroves isn't deportation. It is a crime against humanity. 


Identify illegal Bangladeshis and deport them legally to Bangladesh. Don't just pick up bangalis and pretend they are Bangladeshi. Already Indian citizens have been abducted and dumped. This is unacceptable. 

charavaka

We can’t do development. All we can do is religious bigotry to feed the brains of the masses

Life_Machine_9694

First the trains. Then the deportations. God knows what comes next. 

History repeats itself. 

They came for the Dalits, I said nothing. They came for the Muslims, I said nothing. They came for the immigrants, I said nothing. When they came for me, there was nobody else left to speak out….

Total-Confusion-9198

After 2014 the number of Bangladeshi crossing border has increased. 
And also the number of deport has been drastically decreased due to politics by current government.

Useful-bick-7896

I m loosing trust on mama on few core issues..sure flyovers are nice. But...

Anyways don't want to be tagged aunty national so will refrain from commenting furthermore

Dr_Respawn

CuriousDroid72715

Query used

How many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants were deported from India from 2004 to 2024 year wise?

no-more-kpop

Maybe should start by deporting Sheikh Hasina first

phish_curry

Ig nos. Aren't this low. V just saw a few months back 1000s of them being deported frm like delhi ncr, Rajasthan ,up ,odisha and many other states maybe somewhat informally

EducationalJaguar701

Then WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? What party should we vote? Gaurav gogoi is not fit to be CM, then who else is worthy form what party?😭😭😭

Raj_Dutta3731

I’ll never understand the love for poultry miyas from the other side of the border by the BJ Party. The extent to which these imports have spread over the country is disgustingly sad. I was in Andaman a couple of months ago, and even there, most of the hotel staff, shopkeeper, home stays, etc everything was run by them. Axom or kotha tu baad e dilu; we’re speedrunning to become Tripura 2.0. I just feel so helpless at this point; no matter whatever I vote, it’s useless.

Jadoooooooooooooo

There is no data regarding deportations from 2014 till now since these data has not been published publicly, only way to know it is go through news media and I am pretty sure it will exceed the above nos since there is news of deportations every week or if something like SIR is conducted then we will get the rough idea. I hope SIR happens in Assam.

Yes because for every unofficial deportation, they first call and tell openai servers to update in chatgpt.

kunal1217

|Period|Estimated Deportations|Key Notes|
|:-|:-|:-|
|2004–2012|\~500–1,000|Sparse data; part of the \~1,501 total from 1983–2001 spillover. Focus on border pushbacks under Foreigners Act.|
|2013–2018|\~100–200|Pre-NRC; 166 total from 2013–Feb 2019, mostly to Bangladesh. [indianexpress.com](http://indianexpress.com)|
|2019–2024|\~3,000–4,000|Post-NRC; aligns with 3,100 since 2001 (mostly this era). Only 43 to Bangladesh in 2015–2019 peak year. sabrangindia.inIncludes \~150 in 2024. [boroktimes.com](http://boroktimes.com)|
|2025 (Jan–Nov)|\~300–500|Intensified "pushback" policy; \~330 total pushbacks by mid-year, plus 63 court-ordered, 123 Rohingya/Bengalis, and \~100 "missing" detainees. HRW reports "hundreds" unlawful. [hrw.org](http://hrw.org) \+5|
|Total (2004–2025)|\~28,600–30,000|Derived from cumulative minus pre-2004; low actual expulsions despite 166,000+ detected.|

Your data is wrong, this is from Grok

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