Standard Operating Procedure exists for
detection and deportation of illegal Bangladeshi migrants and for repatriation
of rescued victims of trafficking. People who illegally enter India from
Bangladesh are being arrested/intercepted by BSF/State/UT Police and after
completion of legal action against them, are being deported to Bangladesh. In
case of rescued victims of trafficking, nationality verification of the victims
is done and on receipt of travel documents, they are repatriated in presence of
Non-Government Organisation. For prevention of trafficking and issues related
to repatriation of rescued victims, a task force has been constituted between
India and Bangladesh since 2009.
There
is no report that the deported Bangladeshi persons are left at the border due
to which they re-infiltrate into the territory of India. On the contrary, the
deported persons are handed over at the border to Bangladeshi officials who
ensure that the repatriated persons are sent home.
The Central Government is vested with powers
to deport a foreign national illegally staying in the country under Section
3(2) (c) of the Foreigners Act, 1946. These powers to identify and deport
illegally staying Bangladeshi Nationals have also been delegated to the State
Governments/Union Territory Administrations. Detection and deportation of such
illegal immigrants is a continuous process. Details of such deportation orders
issued by the State Governments/UT administrations are not centrally
maintained. Number of Bangladeshi Nationals who came on valid travel documents
and who were deported during the last two years is as follows:
|
Year
|
No.
of Bangladeshi nationals deported
|
|
2012
|
6537
|
|
2013
|
5234
|
Some foreign nationals who came on valid
travel documents were found to be overstaying in the country. Total number of
foreign nationals who were found to be overstaying as on 31.12.2012 and
31.12.2013 and the number of Bangladeshi nationals who were found to be overstaying
during the same period is given below:
|
Total number of foreign
nationals found to be overstaying
|
No. of Bangladeshi
nationals found to be overstaying
|
|
2012
(As
on 31.12.2012)
|
2013
(As
on 31.12.2013)
|
2012
(As
on 31.12.2012)
|
2013
(As
on 31.12.2013)
|
|
71164
|
56785
|
16530
|
1541
|
Shri Kiren Rijiju MoS
(Home) gave this information in Rajya Sabha today in a written reply to a
question by Dr.Kanwar Deep Singh
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