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Indians in Bangladesh

Indians in Bangladesh

People of Indian origin settled in Bangladesh

There are hundreds of thousands of Indians in Bangladesh. Citing the results of a survey, a column in The Financial Express claims that as many as 500,000 - 1,000,000 Indians were staying illegally in Bangladesh in 2022.[1][2][3] The article claims that they were found working in different establishments such as NGOs, garments, textile, IT and sent money back home through hundi transfer systems.[1]

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On 26 June 2021, Bangladeshi army patrolmen arrested 11 Indians from the construction site of Padma Bridge. They were detained immediately, and cases were filed against them for illegally trespassing. "They appeared to be acting abnormally," said the superintendent of police (Naria circle) in Shariatpur. They were sent to jail again after confirming their stable mental condition in a mental healthcare centre.[4]

Remittance

Citing World Bank estimates, an article in Quartz India noted that in 2013, Bangladesh was the fifth-highest source of remittances to India. That year, Indians working in Bangladesh sent more than $3.7 billion back to India.[5][6][7] An op-ed article in The Daily Star mentions that this is the official figure. In contrast, the unofficial figure is estimated to be significantly more[8] and the article claims that most of them came on tourist visas and tended to stay back. Bangladesh becomes 4th largest remittance source for India, remitting over $10.00 billion since 2017. Whereas, Bangladesh has fetched total of $18.53 billion remittance from whole world in last year and targets $26 billion for FY 2021-22. [1]

Refugees

In July 2016, four thousand Indians took refuge in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh after floods in West Bengal, India.[9]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Bangladesh-India economic relations". The Financial Express. 2009. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Bangladesh becomes 4th largestremittance source for India – The Daily Industry". Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. [3]
    Sadeque, Syeda Samira (16 May 2014). "Dhaka has a question: what about the illegal Indian immigrants in Bangladesh?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Indian national arrested near Padma Bridge". The Daily Star. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. [5]
    Sadeque, Syeda Samira. "Dhaka has a question: what about the illegal Indian immigrants in Bangladesh?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  6. [6]
    Madhok, Diksha (15 June 2014). "Bangladeshis in India sent back $6.6 billion last year". Quartz India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  7. [7]
    Procee, Paul (5 May 2013). "Bilateral Remittance Estimates for 2013 using Migrant Stocks, Host Country Incomes, and Origin Country Incomes (millions of US$) (April 2015 Version)". World Bank: 1–9.
  8. [8]
    "Controlling remittance outflow to India". The Daily Star. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Flood-affected Indians take shelter in Bangladesh". The Daily Star. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2017.


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