Many of these Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators have been found involved in many serious crimes, including smuggling, trafficking and robberies etc.
The Immigration and Foreigners Bill 2025 further provides that no foreigner would be allowed to enter and stay in India if he is found to be a threat to India’s national security and integrity or jeopardises India’s relations with foreign states, public health, etc. In these cases, the decision of the Immigration Officer will be final and binding.
It must be noted here that mass deportation of Rohingya illegals is not pragmatic given the several challenges India faces in identifying and ousting them. One of the biggest challenges is the statelessness of Rohingyas.
The Rohingya Human Rights Initiative and Colin Gonsalves want the Central and Delhi governments to treat Rohingya ‘refugees’ as Indian citizens without them really having Indian citizenship.
The report published by JNU pointed out that illegal immigrants from both Bangladesh and Myanmar enter India through porous borders in West Bengal, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.
It was in a Samajwadi Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh when Muslims in Lucknow broke the idols of Lord Buddha and Lord Mahavira to avenge the retaliatory violence and arson by Rakhine Buddhists in Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims after a Buddhist girl was raped and murdered by three Rohingya Muslims.
Jammu authorities crack down on over 400 illegal Rohingya and Bangladesh households, cutting water, electricity, and issuing eviction orders. BJP supports, while NC leader Javed Rana opposes citing humanitarian concerns.
Notably, a large gang of human traffickers operates on the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, allowing such persons to enter India from the Bangladesh border for a mere four thousand rupees.
Lambasting the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha for "standing with Bangladeshis and Rohingyas," Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said "every Jharkhandi is feeling unsafe" because of the infiltrators.