West Bengal orders detention centres, launches crackdown amid border deadline
Authorities in West Bengal were ordered to set up detention centres for undocumented Bangladeshis and Rohingya migrants, launch a "detect, delete, deport" crackdown, and seal the border with Bangladesh within a year, following the Bharatiya Janata Party's recent electoral victory.
Authorities in West Bengal were ordered to establish detention centres for undocumented Bangladeshis and Rohingya refugees and migrants. The state government also launched a crackdown on illegal Bangladeshi migrants and infiltrators using a "detect, delete, deport" protocol. The Bharatiya Janata Party won a sweeping victory in the recent West Bengal elections.
The West Bengal government set a one‑year deadline to completely seal its international border with Bangladesh, according to zeenews.india.com. Border police stations in the state were instructed to launch the crackdown action, the same outlet reported.
Hundreds of people were pushed to the border as part of the crackdown, Al Jazeera reported.
The deportations from West Bengal have strained diplomatic ties with Bangladesh over verification and repatriation, Deutsche Welle reported.
The order caused fear among minorities that it might lead to arbitrary expulsions.
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