WB government directs districts to set up holding centres for detained illegal foreigners

The development comes days after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said that his government would follow a new policy of “detect, delete and deport” while dealing with “illegal infiltrators”.

Last year in May, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed all States and Union Territories to identify and verify illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar (Rohingyas) within 30 days ...