Overview

• District commissioners and senior police officials can order suspected non-citizens to submit proof within 10 days under the new procedure.
• If evidence is deemed insufficient, the district commissioner will issue a written finding and an expulsion order directing removal within 24 hours.
• Foreigners’ Tribunals will be bypassed unless clarification is required, while roughly 42,000 existing tribunal cases will continue.
• Detainees may be placed in holding centres or handed to the Border Security Force for removal, with immediate pushbacks allowed near the border or within 12 hours of entry.
• Authorities will capture biometrics on the Foreigners Identification Portal, and the state cites 30,126 past pushbacks with Bangladesh accepting 466 tribunal-declared nationals.