Guwahati: Authorities detected more than 1.70 lakh illegal foreigners in the state under provisions of the Assam Accord, while nearly 31,000 were pushed back in the last 40 years, the Assembly was informed on Wednesday by Assam Accord implementation minister Atul Bora.
He also informed that fencing of the India-Bangladesh border in the state has nearly been completed, barring a 4.35 km stretch where fencing was objected to by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
the Assam Accord was signed on August 15, 1985, at the end of a violent six-year-long movement against illegal Bangladeshis. Among other clauses, the Accord mentions that the names of all foreigners coming to Assam on or after March 25, 1971, would be detected and deleted from the electoral rolls, with steps taken to deport them.
Immigrants who came to the state between 1966 and 1971 will get Indian citizenship.
Bora said that 1,37,152 illegal immigrants who entered the state post-1971 till December 31, 2025, and another 33,485 who came between 1966 and 1971 were identified and declared as foreigners.
Between 1985 and March 12, 2013, 29,663 illegal foreigners were sent back to their country through ‘Push Back’ process. Between March 13, 2013, and January 31, 2026, 468 were sent back through the ‘Deportation’ process, of whom 458 were convicted foreigners and 10 declared foreigners, Bora said.
Another 1,421 illegal foreigners were ‘Sent Back’ as per orders from the Ministry of Home Affairs between February 1, 2025, and January 31, 2026, the minister added.
From December 20, 2025, to January 31, 2026, 51 declared foreigners and one new illegal immigrant have been expelled from the country under the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, he noted, as reported by PTI.
