{"id":917749,"date":"2026-07-05T22:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T03:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/bangladesh-india-pledge-closer-border-cooperation-amid-migration-row\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T22:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T03:14:26","slug":"bangladesh-india-pledge-closer-border-cooperation-amid-migration-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/bangladesh-india-pledge-closer-border-cooperation-amid-migration-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh, India pledge closer border cooperation amid migration row"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dhaka has accused Indian authorities of attempting to \u200cforce migrants across the border without due process<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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Bangladesh<\/span><\/a> and India<\/span><\/a> have agreed to deepen cooperation along their shared border with improved intelligence sharing and coordinated patrols, according to a joint statement released on Friday, amid strained relations over alleged undocumented migration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dhaka has accused Indian authorities of attempting to \u200cforce migrants across the border without due process, complicating efforts to stabilise ties following the 2024 ousting of Sheikh Hasina<\/span><\/a> and India\u2019s broader effort to identify and deport undocumented migrants.<\/p>\n

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India\u2019s Border Security Force (BSF) described the discussions as \u201ccordial, positive and forward-looking\u201d, according to the statement released at the end of a four-day meeting of top border officials in New Delhi.<\/p>\n

The regular talks also \u2060covered \u201cillegal, inadvertent and forcible crossing at border areas\u201d, an increasingly contentious issue in recent months. Bangladesh and India share a \u200cmore than 4,000km (2,500-mile) border, one of the world\u2019s longest.<\/p>\n

India has informally \u201cpushed back\u201d illegal migrants into Bangladesh for decades, but activists say the political changeover in West Bengal has boosted the deportation campaign and unfairly targets Bengali-speaking Muslims.<\/p>\n

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Police personnel guard a camp in West Bengal where Bangladeshi migrants who allegedly crossed the border illegally are kept for verification before being deported on May 28. Photo: AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The escalation has riled Bangladesh, which is equally reluctant to absorb groups of people whose identities are not immediately clear. It \u2060said it had sent more than a dozen letters to Delhi seeking an end to the practice.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dhaka has accused Indian authorities of attempting to \u200cforce migrants across the border without due process Published: 3:33pm, 12 Jun 2026 Bangladesh and India have agreed to deepen cooperation along their shared border with improved intelligence sharing and coordinated patrols, according to a joint statement released on Friday, amid strained relations over alleged undocumented migration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":917750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42977,126],"tags":[45203,6053],"class_list":["post-917749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bangladesh","category-india","tag-bangladesh","tag-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}