CAA: Dhaka seeks written assurance that immigrants won’t be send back

Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has sought written assurance from India that immigrants will not be sent back after the Citizenship Amendment Act and/or the National Register of Citizens (NRC) come into force, as per reports.

The report suggests that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made a similar demand during her private visit to India in October.

However, the report could not be independently verified.

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That time, India reportedly gave verbal assurance to Bangladesh that those found to be ‘foreigners’ under the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam would not be sent back to Bangladesh.

However, the submission of written assurance was reportedly refused.

Earlier, an adviser to PM Hasina told news agency that the country would take back undocumented Bangladeshi Muslim migrants from India if New Delhi provided evidence.

“We will take back any Bangladeshi citizen staying in India illegally,” Gauhar Rizvi said.

“But, India has to prove that,” he said, adding that amendments to the citizenship law were India’s internal matter.

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