No let-up in infiltration bids by Bangla nationals

Guwahati: Every year, hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals who were pushed back earlier return to the Indian border to enter Assam along with fresh infiltrators.
State government records say more than 27,000 Bangladeshi re-infiltrators, along with fresh infiltrators, have attempted to cross the border in the last 30 years.
A source said, since 1985, a total of 27,251 re-infiltrators and fresh ones have been pushed back.On the flip side, many of them have managed to sneak back into the state. The records show, in the last 30 years, 901 have been declared illegal migrants by foreigners tribunals and another 1,547 by the IM(DT) tribunals (till 2006).
The source said, “Among the 901 deported so far, only one is an Afghan national who has been pushed back to his country. The rest are Bangladeshi nationals.”
Altogether 2,910 (highest) re-infiltrators and fresh infiltrators were pushed back in 1989, just four years after the Assam Accord was signed at the end of the six-year-long anti-foreigners’ movement. The number fell below the 1,000 mark after 1998, but the infiltration attempts did not end. In 2014, 22 such people were pushed back.
The source said 36 foreigners’ tribunals are working in the state now and notifications have been issued for setting up 64 more tribunals. “The state has amended the foreigners’ act and made it mandatory to dispose of such cases within 60 days. The government plans to increase the number of tribunals to 100,” the source added.