India and Bangladesh Border Forces Discuss Security, Illegal Crossings, and Cooperation
India's Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh's Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) concluded their 57th Director General-level talks from June 8 to 11 in New Delhi, reaffirming commitment to peace and stability along their 4,000-km border. Discussions focused on preventing trans-border crimes such as smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal crossings, including contentious issues of forcible pushbacks of undocumented Bangladesh nationals. Both sides agreed to enhance coordinated patrols, intelligence sharing, and border infrastructure development, while some challenges, like repatriation of illegal entrants, remain unresolved.