Indians in Bangladesh

There are hundreds of thousands of Indians in Bangladesh. Citing the results of a survey, a column in The Financial Express claims that as many as 500,000 Indians were staying in Bangladesh in 2009.[1][2] The article claims that they were found working in different establishments such as NGOs, garments, textile, IT and sent money back home through hundi transfer systems.[3]

Indians in Bangladesh
Total population
500,000 (2009)
Regions with significant populations
Dhaka, Khulna, Chittagong
Languages
Bengali, Assamese, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Languages of India, English
Religion
Hinduism · Sikhism · Islam · Religions of India

Remittance

Citing World Bank estimates, an article in Quartz India noted that in 2013, Bangladesh was the fifth highest source of remittances to India. That year, Indians working in Bangladesh sent more than $3.7 billion back to India.[2][4][5] An op-ed article in The Daily Star mentions that this is the official figure while the unofficial figure is estimated to be significantly more [6] and the article claims that most of them came on tourist visas and tended to stay back.[1]

Refugees

In July 2016, four thousand Indians took refuge in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh after floods in West Bengal, India.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Bangladesh-India economic relations". The Financial Express. 2009. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009.
  2. Sadeque, Syeda Samira. "Dhaka has a question: what about the illegal Indian immigrants in Bangladesh?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. "Dear PM Modi, it is time to thank Bangladesh for embracing its Indian immigrants". Firstpost. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  4. Madhok, Diksha (15 June 2014). "Bangladeshis in India sent back $6.6 billion last year". Quartz India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  5. "Bilateral Remittance Estimates for 2013 using Migrant Stocks, Host Country Incomes, and Origin Country Incomes (millions of US$) (April 2015 Version)". World Bank.
  6. "Controlling remittance outflow to India". The Daily Star. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  7. "Flood-affected Indians take shelter in Bangladesh". The Daily Star. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2017.


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