The Border Security Force (BSF) claimed that there is a substantial increase in the outflow of Bangladeshi migrants after the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was enacted. A top official of the BSF’s South Bengal Frontier confirmed that after the CAA was passed, there had been an increase in the number of migrants crossing over to the Bangladesh border. "There is a substantial increase in the outflow of Bangladeshi migrants. But this is not an exodus, the numbers have been small so far," said YB Khurania, IG, South Bengal Frontier, BSF. Figures released by South Bengal Frontier of BSF showed that a total of 308 persons were apprehended in the month of January, this year.

Source: dna January 24, 2020 14:37 UTC