Verify nationality of 2,860 people for their deportation, India tells Bangladesh

📌 Summary:

• India has asked Bangladesh to verify the nationality of over 2,860 people believed to be Bangladeshi nationals staying illegally in India, so they can be deported; no response has been received yet
• Trigger: West Bengal (new BJP government under CM Suvendu Adhikari) and Assam have intensified crackdowns on illegal immigrants; West Bengal adopted a "detect, delete and deport" policy and has detained about 400 undocumented immigrants
• The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state has caused panic among immigrants, fuelling movement towards the border
• Mechanism: deportation runs through a bilateral verification mechanism — India refers cases, Bangladesh verifies nationality, and only then does repatriation proceed; many Indian requests remain pending
• Bangladesh's position: Dhaka has objected to "push-in" attempts and insists that any return happen through formal, legal and diplomatic channels
• Institutional framework: the India-Bangladesh Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP), fencing of vulnerable border patches, and home-secretary-level talks govern cooperation

🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS3 — border management and illegal migration; GS2 — India-Bangladesh relations and the federal politics around citizenship and the SIR.

📝 Prelims Facts:

• 2,860 people flagged for nationality verification; about 400 detained in West Bengal
• Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP) governs India-Bangladesh border cooperation
• SIR = Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls

🔑 Key Term: Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP) — an India-Bangladesh framework to curb illegal crossing, reduce border incidents and improve cooperation between the two border-guarding forces.