Amid the threat of infiltration linked to the unrest in Bangladesh, the minister said illegal immigrants from Bangladesh would be identified and action would be taken against those found without valid documents.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has ordered the marine police and coast guard to increase patrols along the coast. So far, no intrusion has been reported in Odisha.
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Faced with the threat of infiltration linked to civil and political unrest in Bangladesh, Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said on Saturday that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in the state will be identified and the action will be taken against those found without a valid document. Illegal immigrants from Bangladesh who have repeatedly arrived here without valid documents such as a visa or work permit to stay here will be identified .He said: After a careful investigation, steps will be taken to return the immigrants to the country.
The law minister said that after the attack, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had ordered the marine police and coast guard to intensify their patrols along the coast. So far, no intrusion of any kind has been reported in Odisha, Harichandan said.
Record Of Bangladeshi Immigrants In India
Although there has not been a recent census in the state, according to information presented to the Assembly last year, the state has about 1,57,432 Bangladeshi settlers spread across 11 districts and 3,740 infiltrators in seven districts.
The largest number of refugees, 1,04,233, are settled in Malkangiri district, followed by 46,848 in Nabarangpur, 4,653 in Khurda, 441 in Kendrapara, 379 in Jajpur, 304 in Rayagada, 200 in Bhadrak and 194 in Koraputa and 15 in Agul. Home ministry sources said that a maximum of 1,649 migrants are in Kendrapara, 1,112 in Jagatsinghpur, 655 in Malkangiri, 199 in Bhadrak and 106 in Nabarangpur, while only 17 and two infiltrators are in Khurda (Bhubaneswar) and Bargarh. Of the migrants, although 1,551 in Kendrapara were warned to leave India in 2005, they were not deported.
The state has a coastline of 480 km and coastal districts like Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam and Puri are vulnerable to drainage.
Bangladeshi nationals are also believed to have settled illegally in some of these coastal areas with the help of previous settlers over the years.
Assaults on Hindu in Bangladesh Leads individuals emigrate in India.
Bangladesh witnessed the ouster of Sheikh Hasina amid widespread violence, followed by the establishment of an interim government, culminating in the forced resignation of the country’s chief justice and governor on Saturday.
However, during this turbulent period, numerous attacks against the Hindu minority of Bangladesh emerged. Hindus, who make up about 8 percent of Bangladesh’s 170 million people, have historically supported Sheikh Hasina’s secular Awami League party instead of the opposition bloc, according to a Reuters report, which includes a radical Islamist party.
After the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government, at least two Hindu organizations in Bangladesh and members of the minority community faced at least 205 attacks in 52 districts. The only option is left for them is to migrate to India.
