Bangladesh unrest: Nearly 1000 Indian students back home, MEA says repatriation efforts ongoing | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The ministry of exterior affairs introduced on Saturday that its diplomatic missions in Bangladesh, together with the Excessive Fee in Dhaka and the Assistant Excessive Commissions in Chittagong, Rajshahi, Sylhet, and Khulna, are working to make sure the secure return of Indian residents amidst the escalating violence within the nation. The MEA is collaborating with native authorities to facilitate the secure passage of Indian nationals to crossing factors alongside the India-Bangladesh Worldwide Border.
Moreover, the ministry is coordinating with varied companies, corresponding to civil aviation, immigration, land ports, and the Border Safety Pressure (BSF), to streamline the repatriation of Indian nationals.
The unrest, which has claimed the lives of at the very least 105 folks, principally college students, and injured a whole bunch extra, prompted the ministry of exterior affairs to take motion.
“To date, 778 Indian college students have returned to India via varied land ports. As well as, round 200 college students have returned house by common flight providers via Dhaka and Chittagong airports,” MEA mentioned in an announcement.
“The Excessive Fee of India in Dhaka and our Assistant Excessive Commissions are in common contact with greater than 4000 college students remaining in varied universities in Bangladesh and are offering crucial help. College students from Nepal and Bhutan have additionally been assisted with their crossing into India on request”, MEA added.
The MEA additionally issued helpline numbers for any help required by Indian nationals.

The protests in Bangladesh initially started as a response to the federal government’s job quota system, with tens of 1000’s of residents, primarily college college students, demanding reforms. The demonstrators have since expanded their calls for, calling for a complete overhaul of the way in which authorities jobs are allotted and criticizing the quotas that favor sure teams, such because the households of those that fought for independence from Pakistan.
Because the protests intensified, the Bangladeshi authorities introduced the imposition of a curfew and deployed army forces to revive order, following the failure of police efforts to include the violence. The police in Dhaka additionally banned all public gatherings for the day to forestall additional violence.