Guwahati: A total of 52 individuals, including 51 declared foreigners and one newly identified illegal immigrant were expelled from the country between December 20, 2025, and January 31, 2026, under the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, the Assembly was informed on Wednesday.
Replying to a question by Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) MLA Ramendra Narayan Kalita on the Assam Accord, Assam Accord Implementation Minister Atul Bora said that an additional 1,421 illegal foreigners were “sent back” in accordance with directives issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) during the period from February 1, 2025, to January 31, 2026.
Bora told the House that more than 1.70 lakh illegal foreigners have been detected in the state so far under provisions of the Assam Accord, while around 31,000 have been pushed back over the past four decades.
Providing a category-wise break-up, the Minister said that 1,37,152 illegal immigrants who entered Assam after March 24, 1971, up to December 31, 2025, and another 33,485 who arrived between 1966 and 1971 have been identified and declared as foreigners.
From 1985 to March 12, 2013, as many as 29,663 illegal foreigners were repatriated through the “push back” mechanism. Between March 13, 2013, and January 31, 2026, 468 individuals were sent back through the “deportation” process, including 458 convicted foreigners and 10 declared foreigners, he added.
On border management, Bora said fencing along the India–Bangladesh boundary in Assam has been “almost completed,” except for a 4.35-km stretch in Sribhumi district, where objections were raised by the Border Guard Bangladesh. Barbed wire fencing has been erected along 228.541 km, he said.
He noted that the remaining unfenced segments comprise riverine stretches, which are monitored under the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) by the Border Security Force (BSF). Assam shares a 267.5-km boundary with Bangladesh across Dhubri, South Salmara–Mankachar, Cachar and Sribhumi districts.
Responding to a separate query by Congress MLA Debabrata Saikia, the Minister said the Bangladesh border along Assam is guarded by 91 BSF border outposts (BOPs), supplemented by 14 Assam Police BOPs functioning as a second line of defence, and 14 patrol posts. He added that the process is underway to establish 13 additional Assam Police BOPs and 12 border police stations.
On the implementation of recommendations made by the Justice (retd) Biplab Sharma Committee on Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, Bora said the report had been received by the State government on behalf of the Centre, which constituted the panel. Clause 6 pertains to constitutional safeguards for the people of Assam.
Out of the 67 recommendations, 52 fall within the purview of the State government, and steps for their implementation have already begun, he said. “The Central government has been approached for implementation of the remaining 15 recommendations under its jurisdiction,” the Minister added.