New Delhi, June 22 -- Humanitarian concerns do not always align neatly with legal and political boundaries. However, recent developments along the India-Bangladesh border have raised serious humanitarian concerns and prompted questions about the compatibility of certain border management practices with international legal and humanitarian norms.

India reportedly pushed back at least 2,369 people between May 2025 and January 2026, among them 126 Indian nationals and 38 people from Myanmar. Indian authorities have described these actions as legal procedures involving alleged Bangladeshi immigrants, but critics have questioned both the identification process and the legal basis of some of these operations.

Bangladesh and India have traditi...