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There are hundreds and thousands of ''']ns''' in ''']''', most of whom are illegal migrants and refugees. According to data produced by the Bangladeshi Ministry of Home Affairs, as many as 500,000 Indians were staying in Bangladesh illegally in 2009.<ref name="FE">{{cite news|url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/07/26/74259.html|title=Bangladesh-India economic relations|work=]|year=2009}}</ref> |
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There are hundreds and thousands of ''']ns''' in ''']''', most of whom are illegal migrants and refugees. According to data produced by the Bangladeshi Ministry of Home Affairs, as many as 500,000 Indians were staying in Bangladesh illegally in 2009.<ref name="FE">{{cite news|url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/07/26/74259.html|title=Bangladesh-India economic relations|work=]|year=2009}}</ref> They were found working in different establishments such as NGOs, garments, textile, IT and sent money back home through ] transfer systems. Bangladesh is fifth among the nations sending highest remittances to India. Indians working in Bangladesh sent more than $3.7 billion back to India in 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.siliconindia.com/news/business/15-Nations-Sending-Highest-Remittances-to-India-nid-147515-cid-3.html | title=15 Nations Sending Highest Remittances to India | publisher=Silicon India | accessdate=August 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://in.finance.yahoo.com/photos/india-top-receiver-of-global-remittances-1369025867-slideshow/nations-sending-highest-remittances-to-india-photo--1068156702.html | title=Rupee fall: NRIs in these nations must be happy! | publisher=] | accessdate=August 11, 2013}}</ref> Most of them came on tourist visas and tended to stay back.<ref name="FE"/> The migrant community has often been a source of contention between the two countries; according to available reports, the ]s of Indians illegally staying in the country hailed from the Indian states of ], ], ], ] and ] and were spread across numerous urban and rural areas.<ref name="NB">{{cite news|url=http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=46195|title=Illegal Indians in Bangladesh|author=Mohammad Zainal Abedin|work=News from Bangladesh|date=26 May 2005}}</ref> One of the reasons contended for their migration is that these states are relatively poor and the Indians tend to come to larger centres in neighbouring Bangladesh in search of jobs and better living.<ref name="NB"/> |
Indian diaspora
Immigration to Bangladesh
Bangladesh–India relations 
Category:Bangladesh–India relations