Indians in Bangladesh explained

Group:Indians in Bangladesh
Population:19,000
Total Year:2024
Languages:Bengali

According to Ministry of External Affairs of India in 2024, Bangladesh currently has about 19,000 Indian citizens, of which about 9,000 are students.[1] [2]

On 26 June 2021, Bangladeshi army patrolmen arrested 11 Indians from the construction site of Padma Bridge. They were detained immediately, and cases were filed against them for illegally trespassing. "They appeared to be acting abnormally," said the superintendent of police (Naria circle) in Shariatpur. They were sent to jail again after confirming their stable mental condition in a mental healthcare centre.[3]

Remittance

Citing World Bank estimates, an article in Quartz India noted that in 2013, Bangladesh was the fifth-highest source of remittances to India. That year, Indians working in Bangladesh sent more than $3.7 billion back to India.[4] [5] [6] An op-ed article in The Daily Star mentions that this is the official figure. In contrast, the unofficial figure is estimated to be significantly more[7] and the article claims that most of them came on tourist visas and tended to stay back. Bangladesh becomes 4th largest remittance source for India, remitting over $10.00 billion since 2017. Whereas, Bangladesh has fetched total of $18.53 billion remittance from whole world in last year and targets $26 billion for FY 2021-22. [8]

Refugees

In July 2016, four thousand Indians took refuge in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh after floods in West Bengal, India.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Bangladesh crisis: In talks with Dhaka amid attacks on Hindus, says govt . 8 Aug 2024 . Business Standard.
  2. Web site: 2024-08-06 . 'বাংলাদেশে সংখ্যালঘুদের পরিস্থিতির ওপর নজর রাখা হচ্ছে', সংসদে বললেন জয়শংকর . 2024-08-08 . Hindustantimes Bangla . bn.
  3. News: 27 June 2021 . Indian national arrested near Padma Bridge . 1 July 2021 . The Daily Star . en.
  4. News: Sadeque . Syeda Samira . 2014-05-16 . Dhaka has a question: what about the illegal Indian immigrants in Bangladesh? . 2023-10-25 . Scroll.in . en-US.
  5. News: Madhok . Diksha . 15 June 2014 . Bangladeshis in India sent back $6.6 billion last year . Quartz India . 16 June 2014.
  6. Bilateral Remittance Estimates for 2013 using Migrant Stocks, Host Country Incomes, and Origin Country Incomes (millions of US$) (April 2015 Version) . World Bank. 5 May 2013 . 1–9 . Procee . Paul .
  7. News: Controlling remittance outflow to India . 8 January 2015 . The Daily Star . 20 April 2017 . en.
  8. News: Bangladesh-India economic relations.
  9. News: Flood-affected Indians take shelter in Bangladesh . 27 July 2016 . The Daily Star . 20 April 2017 . en.