Lok Sabha Question No. 3217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Illegal Stay of Immigrants
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: ANANT KUMAR DATTATREYA HEGDE, Dr. BHOLA SINGH, RAVINDRA BABU  PANDULA, PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA, VASANTHI M.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3217

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2017/ PHALGUNA 30, 1938 (SAKA) ILLEGAL STAY OF IMMIGRANTS

†3217.

SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE:

DR. BHOLA SINGH:

DR. RAVINDRA BABU:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Supreme  Court  has  recently  taken  a  serious  view  of  the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in Assam and other parts of the country and directed the Government for taking steps to deport them;
- (b)  if  so,  the  number  of  illegal  Bangladeshi  immigrants  staying  in  various parts of the country, State-wise;
- (c)  the  reaction  of  the  Government  on  the  remarks  made  by  the  Supreme Court;
- (d) the number of other foreign nationals including Nepalis staying illegally in the country, country-wise and State-wise; and
- (e)  the  measures  taken  to  identify  and  deport  such  immigrants  and  the number of foreigners deported during each of the last three years and the current year, country-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a): Hon'ble Supreme Court in the judgement dated 17 th  December, 2014 in WP  562/2012  on  the  issue  relating  to  illegal  Bangladeshi  immigrants  and their  deportation,  passed  various  directions  to  the  Government  of  India including direction to enter into necessary discussions with the Government of Bangladesh to streamline the procedure of deportation.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.3217 FOR 21.03.2017

(b): There are reports of Bangladeshi nationals having entered the country without valid travel documents. Since entry of such Bangladeshi nationals into  the  country  is  clandestine  and  surreptitious,  accurate  data  of  such cases is not available .

(c): The issue of illegal migration from Bangladesh to India is discussed at several  bilateral  meetings  such  as  Joint  Working  Group  on  Security, Director  General  level  talks  between  Border  Security  Force  (BSF)  and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Home Secretary level talks etc. India and Bangladesh  have  put  in  place  a  Coordinated  Border  Management  Plan  to address problems arising from illegal border crossing.

(d) & (e): Deportation of illegally staying foreign nationals is a continuous process.    The  power  of  identification,  detention  and  deportation  of  illegal foreign nationals have been delegated to the State Governments and Union Territories Administration under Section 3(2) (c) of the Foreigners Act, 1946. As  per  information  available  from  the  security  agency,  the  number  of registered  foreigners,  including  Nepalis,  overstaying  in  India  during  2014, 2015  and  2016  were  28356,  6078  and  7685  respectively.  About  6765 foreigners were deported during the last three years.

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