GUWHATI: Bangladesh has for the first time agreed to take again 33 of its nationals declared infiltrators by way of quite a lot of foreigners tribunals in Assam. These migrants are lately in quite a lot of detention camps.
Dhaka's choice won't simplest add a brand new size to the bonhomie between the two countries, but will even change the tone and tenor of the agitations for and against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and the National Register of Citizens, whose ultimate draft will likely be out on June 30. Earlier, Bangladesh, especially underneath Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party, would deny the presence of its citizens on Indian soil.
Additional DGP (special branch) Pallab Bhattacharya informed TOI Bangladesh's choice was once a "goodwill gesture" because there is not any repatriation or deportation treaty between the two countries. "Bangladesh's assistant high commissioner, based in Guwahati, recently toured the detention camps and met the convicted infiltrators," he stated. Last month, Bangladesh had recognized 152 of its nationals lodged within the camps and written to the exterior affairs ministry proposing repatriation in batches.
Bhattacharya stated the Centre, in 2013, had issued directions to Assam not to push back but deport the illegal foreigners to Bangladesh. He stated the addresses of the persons within the detention camps were shared with Bangladesh. "After Bangladesh verified the addresses, it became clear that they are Bangladeshi citizens. Being declared as a foreigner by a tribunal does not necessarily mean that the person is from Bangladesh," he added.
Dhaka's choice won't simplest add a brand new size to the bonhomie between the two countries, but will even change the tone and tenor of the agitations for and against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and the National Register of Citizens, whose ultimate draft will likely be out on June 30. Earlier, Bangladesh, especially underneath Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party, would deny the presence of its citizens on Indian soil.
Additional DGP (special branch) Pallab Bhattacharya informed TOI Bangladesh's choice was once a "goodwill gesture" because there is not any repatriation or deportation treaty between the two countries. "Bangladesh's assistant high commissioner, based in Guwahati, recently toured the detention camps and met the convicted infiltrators," he stated. Last month, Bangladesh had recognized 152 of its nationals lodged within the camps and written to the exterior affairs ministry proposing repatriation in batches.
Bhattacharya stated the Centre, in 2013, had issued directions to Assam not to push back but deport the illegal foreigners to Bangladesh. He stated the addresses of the persons within the detention camps were shared with Bangladesh. "After Bangladesh verified the addresses, it became clear that they are Bangladeshi citizens. Being declared as a foreigner by a tribunal does not necessarily mean that the person is from Bangladesh," he added.
Dhaka agrees to take back 33 of its illegal migrants
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