SWARUPNAGAR/KOLKATA: Hundreds of Bangladeshis without the documents required to stay in India made a bee-line for the Bithari-Hakimpur border exit in Bengal's North 24 Parganas on Tuesday, seeking to return home amid an administrative flurry to implement the new BJP govt's "detect-delete-deport" strategy for illegal immigrants.

West Bengal has directed all district magistrates to set up “Holding Centres” for detained foreigners and released foreign prisoners awaiting deportation, as part of efforts to…

Adhikari ordered a crackdown on illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and asked the state police to detain them and hand them over to the BSF for deportation | India News

Illegal migrants flock to Bangladesh border to return as West Bengal starts deportation drive