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 Indians were staying illegally in Bangladesh in 2009.
The article claims that they were found working in different establishments such as NGOs, garments, textile, IT and sent money back home through
hundi
A hundi or hundee is a financial instrument that developed in Medieval India for use in trade and credit transactions. Hundis are used as a form of Remittances to India, remittance instrument to money order, transfer money from place to place, as ...
transfer systems.
On 26 June 2021, Bangladeshi army patrolmen arrested 11 Indians from the construction site of
Padma Bridge
The Padma Multipurpose Bridge ( bn, পদ্মা বহুমুখী সেতু, Pôdma Bôhumukhī Setu), commonly known as the Padma Bridge ( bn, পদ্মা সেতু, Pôdma Setu), is a two-level road-rail bridge across the P ...
. They were detained immediately, and cases were filed against them for illegally trespassing. "They appeared to be acting abnormally," said the
superintendent of police
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(Naria circle) in
Shariatpur
Shariatpur ( bn, শরিয়তপুর জেলা, ''Shariatpur Jela'' also ''Shariatpur Zila'') is a district in the Dhaka Division of central Bangladesh. It is bounded by Munshiganj district on the north, Barisal district on the south, Ch ...
. They were sent to jail again after confirming their stable mental condition in a mental healthcare centre.
Remittance
Citing World Bank estimates, an article in ''
Quartz India
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'' noted that in 2013, Bangladesh was the fifth-highest source of
remittances to India
Remittances to India are money transfers (called remittance) from non-resident Indians (NRIs) employed outside the country to family, friends or relatives residing in India. India is the world's top receiver of remittances, claiming more than ...
. That year, Indians working in Bangladesh sent more than $3.7 billion back to India.
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 and the article claims that most of them came on tourist
visas
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** Visa Debit card issued by the above company
** Visa Electron, a debit card
** Visa Plus, an interbank network
*Travel visa, a document that allows ...
and tended to stay back.
Refugees
In July 2016, four thousand Indians took refuge in
Lalmonirhat
Lalmonirhat ( bn, লালমনিরহাট) is a town and district headquarters of Lalmonirhat District in the division of Rangpur, Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in Sout ...
, Bangladesh after floods in
West Bengal
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,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
See also
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Bangladesh–India relations
Bangladesh–India relations, (; ) also referred to as Bangladeshi-Bharat relations or Indo-Bangladeshi relations, are the bilateral relations between the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of India, both of which are South As ...
References
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
Ethnic groups in Bangladesh
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