North 24 Parganas, May 27 -- A multitude of people gathered at the Hakimpur checkpost near the Bangladesh border after authorities began a crackdown on undocumented Bangladeshi migrants amid the push for 'detect, delete and deport' policy by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal.

The Hakimpur checkpost is an international border crossing situated in the North 24 Parganas district.

A Bangladeshi migrant, who used to work as a mechanic in Howrah, said that they are leaving because they can't find work and they aren't being allowed to stay owing to the implementation of the 'detect, delete, deport' policy of the West Bengal government.

"There is a lot of trouble going on here right now, so we are leaving. We cannot fi...