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'''Indians in Bangladesh''' are citizens of [[India]] who reside in [[Bangladesh]] either legally or illegally. The presence and number of Indian nationals in Bangladesh has been a subject of discussion and, at times, controversy.<br />
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Cross-border movement from India to Bangladesh is constrained by restrictions on entry and employment. Government agencies on both sides track flows of registered migrants but lack reliable estimates of unauthorized migration. It is difficult to accurately quantify [[irregular migration]] because it is clandestine.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Srivastava |first1=Ravi |last2=Pandey |first2=Arvind Kumar |title=Internal and International Migration in South Asia: Drivers, Interlinkage and Policy Issues |year=2017 |publisher=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-89218-60-7 |pages=21, 45 |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000249459}}</ref> Both countries acknowledge the need for reliable and comparable national migration data, but as of 2025, collection and publication remain a work in progress.<ref>{{cite web |title=Migration data in Southern Asia |url=https://www.migrationdataportal.org/regional-data-overview/southern-asia |website=Migration data portal |publisher=[[International Organization for Migration]] |access-date=24 May 2025 |date=31 January 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Population==<br />
The Indian government estimates there are 19,000 Indians living in Bangladesh, and 9,000 of them are students.<ref>{{Cite news |title="19,000 Indians In Bangladesh, Of Which 9,000 Are Students": S Jaishankar |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/19-000-indians-in-bangladesh-of-which-9-000-are-students-s-jaishankar-to-lok-sabha-on-bangladesh-unrest-6275966 |access-date=2025-05-16 |work=NDTV |language=en}}</ref> However, in 2009, a column published in ''[[The Financial Express (Bangladesh)|The Financial Express]]'', made an unsubstantiated claim that between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Indians are staying illegally in Bangladesh.<ref name="FE">{{cite news |year=2009 |title=Bangladesh-India economic relations |work=[[Financial Express (Bangladesh)|The Financial Express]] |url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/07/26/74259.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815032813/http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/07/26/74259.html |archive-date=15 August 2009}}</ref><ref name="scroll.in">{{Cite news |last=Sadeque |first=Syeda Samira |date=2014-05-16 |title=Dhaka has a question: what about the illegal Indian immigrants in Bangladesh? |url=https://scroll.in/article/664305/dhaka-has-a-question-what-about-the-illegal-indian-immigrants-in-bangladesh |access-date=20 April 2017 |work=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> The article claims that they were found working in different industries such as NGOs, garments, textiles, and information technology, and sent money home through [[hundi]] transfer systems.<ref name="FE" /><br />
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== Remittance ==<br />
According to a Financial Express report citing Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali's statement in Parliament, foreigners transferred $130.6 million out of Bangladesh during the first 10 months of FY24. Of this amount, Indian nationals alone remitted over $50 million making India the largest destination for Bangladesh's outward remittance. <ref>{{cite news |title=Foreigners take $130.6m out of Bangladesh in 10 months of FY24 |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/economy/bangladesh/foreigners-take-1306m-out-of-bangladesh-in-10-months |work=The Financial Express |location=Dhaka |date=21 August 2025}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Bangladesh–India relations]]<br />
* [[Indian diaspora]]<br />
* [[Immigration to Bangladesh]]<br />
* [[Bangladeshis in India]]<br />
==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indian diaspora by country|Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Bangladesh]]<br />
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