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West Bengal Directs Setting up Holding Centres for Illegal Foreigners Awaiting Deportation
The centres will temporarily hold apprehended foreigners and released foreign prisoners while officials verify nationality and prepare deportation cases.
- On Saturday, May 23, the West Bengal government ordered all 23 districts to establish holding centres for apprehended illegal immigrants and foreign prisoners awaiting deportation or repatriation.
- Fulfilling a central poll promise, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari recently announced a "detect, delete and deport" policy, marking enforcement action by the BJP government elected in April West Bengal.
- Following Union Home Ministry protocols issued in May 2025, the order requires districts to house apprehended foreigners and released prisoners awaiting deportation processing under established MHA guidelines.
- Authorities will hand detained infiltrators to the Border Security Force for deportation, while the state transferred 27 kilometres of land to the force in the Phansidewa area for border fencing.
- Distinguishing between protected minority communities and illegal infiltrators, Adhikari emphasized that individuals covered under the Citizenship Amendment Act remain outside this enforcement strategy.
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WB government directs districts to set up holding centres for detained illegal foreigners
The development comes days after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said that his government would follow a new policy of “detect, delete and deport” while dealing with “illegal infiltrators”. Last year in May, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed all States and Union Territories to identify and verify illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar (Rohingyas) within 30 days
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Crackdown on infiltrators: Bengal Government instructs DMs to develop 'holding centres' in all districts
The order also referred to a Union Home Ministry advisory issued in May last year, which outlines procedures for dealing with Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas found staying illegally in India.
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