Overview

• India has deported over 2,500 alleged Bangladeshi migrants since early May after coordinated detentions across multiple states.
• Delhi Police detained more than 300 suspected migrants in a recent three-day sweep and arranged special flights to Agartala for pushbacks into Bangladesh.
• Tamil Nadu is setting up a Special Task Force and detention centres to identify and deport undocumented Bangladeshis and Rohingya under a Home Ministry directive.
• Officials are using the Foreigners Identification Portal’s expanded biometric and demographic database to accelerate verification and removal of suspected undocumented migrants.
• Human rights organisations and Bangladesh’s government have condemned the operation as a breach of due process, with Dhaka lodging formal diplomatic complaints.