Indians in Bangladesh


There are hundreds of thousands of Indians in Bangladesh. Citing the results of an unverifiable and non-sourced survey, an op-ed article in the Financial Express claims that as many as 500,000 Indians were staying in Bangladesh in 2009. The article claims that they were found working in different establishments such as NGOs, garments, textile, IT and sent money back home through hundi transfer systems.

Remittance

Citing World Bank estimates, an article in Quartz India noted that in 2013, Bangladesh was the fifth highest source of remittances to India. That year, Indians working in Bangladesh sent more than $3.7 billion back to India. An op-ed article in The Daily Star mentions that this is the official figure while the unofficial figure is estimated to be significantly more and the article claims that most of them came on tourist visas and tended to stay back.

Refugee

On July 2016, four thousand Indians took refuge in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh after floods in West Bengal, India.