Suvendu Adhikari’s government has set up 11 holding centres across West Bengal under its “detect, delete and deport” policy targeting illegal immigrants. Around 335 detainees, including men, women and children, are currently housed in these facilities pending nationality verification and deportation procedures. Meanwhile, India has referred over 2,680 suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrant cases to Bangladesh for nationality verification, with the MEA saying deportation can begin once identities are confirmed.

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…

JALANGI/BARUIPUR/PALASHIPARA: A day after holding centres for illegal foreigners, including Bangladeshis and Rohingya immigrants, debuted in Murshidabad and Malda, seven more…

Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said those found to be Bangladeshi nationals should leave the country voluntarily. | India News

Suspected illegal immigrants are gathering at the Hakimpur border in West Bengal seeking to return to Bangladesh. This follows the state's new BJP government's announcement of a…

Hundreds of undocumented Bangladeshi nationals rushed to the West Bengal border, fearing detention under the state's new "detect-delete-deport" policy. The crackdown follows the…

Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants have started gathering in large numbers at multiple points along the Indo-Bangladesh border to return to Bangladesh amid opening of holding centres…

The BJP government in Bengal ordered holding centres for undocumented migrants, acting on its “detect, delete and deport” poll promise. | India News

A police officer said the highest number of undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants (around 335) is being held at three centres in Basirhat | India News

Suvendu Adhikari’s government has set up 11 holding centres across West Bengal under its “detect, delete and deport” policy targeting illegal immigrants. Around 335 detainees,…