illegal immigrants

Around 2,000 families illegally occupied forest land and turned it into betel nut plantations tied to the betel mafia. Assam Govt has launched this eviction drive to reclaim the land.

The confirmed 10 Bangladeshi nationals have been handed over the Border Security Force (BSF), who will now ensure their return to Bangladesh.

The identity verification of the detainees is being done in compliance with the guidelines of the Union Home Ministry and the Odisha government.

Notably, a nationwide Operation Push-back is being conducted to detect, detain and deport illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya immigrants and Assam is leading the way.

Assam’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently invoked a long-forgotten 1950 law to bypass the Foreigners Tribunal and push the illegal immigrants back into Bangladesh and Myanmar, a move that is being criticised by the so-called human rights activists.

Supreme Court recently said that the Immigrants (Expulsion From Assam) Act, 1950, is still valid, which says that govt can deport illegal foreigners without approaching courts

The anti-illegal immigration campaign known as "Operation Pushback" has only intensified after "Operation Sindoor."

Interestingly, on one hand, Sibal asserted that the SP violated court order to illegally send the woman to Bangladesh, on the other, he claimed that the petitioner does not know for sure if the woman has actually been deported to Bangladesh or is still in India.

IAF planes are being used to take these illegal immigrants from various locations to the Bangladesh border from where they are sent back to their country.

Around 160 Bangladeshi nationals are being deported from the capital city of Delhi to Bangladesh through the Hindon airbase on Thursday