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Jitaditya

Jitaditya — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I am still not sure if the government will be able to think beyond vote bank politics and deport the immigrants. For example in Assam they easily infiltrate through the porous border and also get ration cards etc with the help of local politicians. Not to mention that they wholeheartedly take part in the elections.

Madhuri Katti

Madhuri Katti — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Bangladeshi immigrants enjoy patronage of local political parties. At least in West Bengal it is a well known reality. No effort has been made to stop illegal immigration ever since partition. There is a strong cross-border nexus which help these immigrants. It is equally important for the government of Bangladesh to take steps to ensure people don’t cross borders.

Jitaditya

Jitaditya — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

In fact Bangladeshi government is happier to see a large portion of their population migrating to India. As they have not been able to bring about economic development in the nation, it is easing the pressure of the government. So ironically both sides keep denying the naked truth for their vested interest.

Anil

Anil — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

A few year ago, Vir Sanghvi, the then Editor of the Hindustan Times in his column had lamented over the plight of illegal Bangaladeshi migrants by citing the case of his Bangladeshi maid in his Mumbai residence. If such a narrow and personal considerations will decide the national issue of illegal immigration of a large number of people to eat into our already scare means of livelihhod, one can well imagine the deplorable situation in which the policy makers and opinion makers reel in this country.

This problem is not a new one. The Indo-Bangladeshi border, running into more than 800 kms., is a porous one. And the illegal immigration continues in Coochbehar and Balurghat districts of West Bengal in connivance with the corrupt armed forces, manning the border, obliging politicians and the needy population in search of a cheap maid.

Days are not far when we will cry like Italians and other European countries who turned a nelson eye towards the illegal immigration of Muslim population from Morocco and other African countries because the civilised European population wanted domestic helps and that too at a lower price but in the wake of clashes between civilisations in the post 9/11 days these European countries are crying from rooftops about the turning of Europe into Eurabia.

Jayaprashanth

Jayaprashanth — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We should kick every illegal immigrant out of our country. They obviously have no damn right to enter our country illegally, be it or livelihood or for anything else. The current government, imho is pretty toothless when it comes to such issues.,.,,hope to see a government strong enough to deal with illegal immigrants and terrorism.

Jitaditya

Jitaditya — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

anil,

I remember a similar article by one so called journalist Nitin Gokhale who was shedding tears for the ”poor” immigrants and trying to justify it on human and economic (sigh!) grounds with some lame excuses. Certain portions of the national media is strangely sympathetic towards the illegal immigrants.

I replied opposing his views but it was not published. And these guys talk about ”freedom of speech”!