bringing back illegal immigrants

Govt team visits Sweden soon

For the first time, the government is going to send a delegation to Sweden to identify expatriate Bangladeshis who are staying illegally in that country, in order to bring them back to Bangladesh. The three-member delegation, comprising officials from the foreign ministry, the Security Services Division of the home ministry and the Special Branch (SB) of police, will soon visit Sweden under a project named ‘Identification mission project during 2017’, taken up by the Swedish government, said sources in the foreign and home ministries.
A high-ranking official of the foreign ministry told The Independent on condition of anonymity that it will send a delegation to Sweden to identify and bring back the illegal Bangladeshis in accordance with the request of the immigrant department of that country of the European Union (EU). Other such countries have made similar requests.
“We are going to sign a standard operating procedure (SOP) with the European Union (EU) soon to bring back the many Bangladeshis who are living illegally in different EU countries,” he said.
The official added that the Swedish police authority has taken up the ‘Identification mission project during 2017’ to send back illegal persons, including Bangladeshis, living in the Scandinavian country without valid documents.
“All the expenditure of the delegation will be borne by the Swedish authority,” the official added.
He disclosed that the authorities of 27 countries, including the US, the UK, Australia, India, Malaysia and the UAE, have urged the Bangladesh government to bring them back to the country, having sent it lists of 11,152 people, illegally staying in the respective countries.
Sources said 11,152 Bangla-speaking people, who have no documents, are lodged in jails in different countries of the EU.
A high-ranking official of the Security Services Division of the home ministry said the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the immigration departments of the EU, Australia and Japan have sent the home
and foreign ministries lists of Bangladeshis living illegally in their respective countries. “Before sending the letters, the officials  of these immigration authorities met senior officials in Bangladesh,
asking them to bring back their citizens,” he said. The official further said they were verifying the lists of these people through the foreign ministry and the police. Steps will be taken after that to bring them back to the country. Over 100 Bangladeshis, who were living in the US and Australia without any documents, have recently been sent back to Bangladesh.
Sources in the Security Services Division claimed that a large number of Bangla-speaking people had migrated to these countries from India (West Bengal) and Myanmar (from the Rohingya community). But they claimed to be Bangladeshis and, so, had to be identified through police verification. Around one crore Bangladesh expatriates currently stay across the world.

 

bringing back illegal immigrants

Govt team visits Sweden soon

For the first time, the government is going to send a delegation to Sweden to identify expatriate Bangladeshis who are staying illegally in that country, in order to bring them back to Bangladesh. The three-member delegation, comprising officials from the foreign ministry, the Security Services Division of the home ministry and the Special Branch (SB) of police, will soon visit Sweden under a project named Identification mission project during 2017, taken up by the Swedish government, said sources in the foreign and home ministries. A high-ranking official of the foreign ministry told The Independent on condition of anonymity that it will send a delegation to Sweden to identify and bring back the illegal Bangladeshis in accordance with the request of the immigrant department of that country of the European Union (EU). Other such countries have made similar requests. We are going to sign a standard operating procedure (SOP) with the European Union (EU) soon to bring back the many Bangladeshis who are living illegally in different EU countries, he said. The official added that the Swedish police authority has taken up the Identification mission project during 2017 to send back illegal persons, including Bangladeshis, living in the Scandinavian country without valid documents. All the expenditure of the delegation will be borne by the Swedish authority, the official added. He disclosed that the authorities of 27 countries, including the US, the UK, Australia, India, Malaysia and the UAE, have urged the Bangladesh government to bring them back to the country, having sent it lists of 11,152 people, illegally staying in the respective countries. Sources said 11,152 Bangla-speaking people, who have no documents, are lodged in jails in different countries of the EU. A high-ranking official of the Security Services Division of the home ministry said the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the immigration departments of the EU, Australia and Japan have sent the home and foreign ministries lists of Bangladeshis living illegally in their respective countries. Before sending the letters, the officials of these immigration authorities met senior officials in Bangladesh, asking them to bring back their citizens, he said. The official further said they were verifying the lists of these people through the foreign ministry and the police. Steps will be taken after that to bring them back to the country. Over 100 Bangladeshis, who were living in the US and Australia without any documents, have recently been sent back to Bangladesh. Sources in the Security Services Division claimed that a large number of Bangla-speaking people had migrated to these countries from India (West Bengal) and Myanmar (from the Rohingya community). But they claimed to be Bangladeshis and, so, had to be identified through police verification. Around one crore Bangladesh expatriates currently stay across the world.