Scores head to Bangladesh border amid Bengal's migrant crackdown
Kolkata, May 27 -- Scores of people identified by authorities as undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants gathered near the Border Security Force's (BSF) Hakimpur check post in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday, apparently seeking to cross into Bangladesh, officials familiar with the matter said.
The development comes days after the newly elected BJP government in West Bengal directed district magistrates to set up holding centres for undocumented immigrants before deportation, in line with its poll promise to "detect, delete and deport" illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingyas.
Police officials said around 100 people had assembled near the border crossing by Tuesday evening.
"The first wave was much bigger. Back then thous...
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