Archive · 26 Jun 2025
Assam Deported 88 Illegal Immigrants in Past Month
The Assam government is sending people it believes are not allowed to live in the state back to Bangladesh.
The government says it has sent back 88 people in one month, some from Bangladesh and some who are Rohingya refugees.
These people were found during special operations.
The government is using an old law from 1950 that lets them deport people without always going to court.
Assam has deported 88 illegal immigrants, including Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals, in one month.
The deportations were conducted in Cachar district, which shares a border with Bangladesh.
59 of those deported were identified as Bangladeshi refugees, and 29 were Rohingya refugees.
The Assam government has intensified operations against illegal infiltrators.
The state government is utilizing the Immigrants (Expulsion From Assam) Act, 1950, for deportations.
- Who
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the Assam government.
- What
- The Assam government deported 88 illegal immigrants.
- When
- Within the last month.
- Where
- Cachar district, Assam, to Bangladesh.
- Why
- To remove illegal immigrants.
Government's View
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Citizenship Claims
Government's View
The government is taking action to remove illegal immigrants to protect the state.
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- Pushed Back
- 88 individuals
- Location
- Cachar district, Assam
- Border
- Cachar shares a 32-km border with Bangladesh
- Nationality
- Bangladeshi and Rohingya
- Legal Basis
- Immigrants (Expulsion From Assam) Act, 1950
