Activists of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) taking out a procession demanding immediate deportation of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, seal of Indo-Bangla border.
| Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar
Assam Accord Implementation Minister Atul Bora said that 1,416 non-citizens staying illegally in the State have been deported since January 2021.
The deported were among 32,207 people identified as foreigners who entered Assam illegally between 2021 and October 2025, he told the 126 member State Assembly on Wednesday (November 26, 2025).
In a written reply to a question from Congress MLA Abdur Rahim Ahmed, the Minister provided a year wise break up of detection and deportation of “illegal immigrants”.
According to the data, the number of such foreigners increased from 6,304 in 2021 to 8,790 in 2022 before decreasing consistently to 4,290 in 2025 so far.
“Under legal provisions, only the Foreigners’ Tribunals can officially declare a person as a foreigner in Assam, after which higher courts may be approached if the verdict is contested,” Mr. Bora said.
The deportation of 1,416 individuals followed due process, he said.
Mr. Bora said the Assam Accord of 1985 warrants that the names of all foreigners who entered the State illegally on or after March 25, 1971, are to be detected, deleted from the electoral rolls, and deported.
He further said that 228.541 km out of the 267.5 km India Bangladesh border has been fenced with barbed wire. The border is along four districts: Cachar, Dhubri, South Salmara Mankachar, and Sribhumi.
“The fencing work on 4.35 km of the border along the Kushiyara River in Sribhumi district is pending due to objections from the Border Guard Bangladesh,” he said.
Replying to a similar question from Asom Gana Parishad MLA Ramendra Narayan Kalita, Mr. Bora said 1,35,901 were declared non citizens by the Foreigners’ Tribunals since 1971. Of these, 30,130 people have been ejected so far.
Published – November 26, 2025 08:08 pm IST
