The Border Security Force (BSF) has said the West Bengal government has shown a willingness in accepting Rohingya refugees, even as the BSF adopts a push-back policy on Rohingya infiltration through the India-Bangladesh border. Speaking to the media, BSF director general KK Sharma said the BSF has achieved a "major success" in preventing an influx of Rohingya refugees, although he added that West Bengal is "slightly friendly" to the Rohingya, and has even set up special camps for about 70 such families.
Sharma added that he has ordered an inquiry to ascertain their numbers. He added that though the policies regarding the issue are intact, there haven't been any large-scale influx of the Myanmar-based migrants into India.
"We are alive to the situation. We are aware that a large number of Rohingya are assembled in Bangladesh, and from time to time, try to enter India, but I am very happy to say that we did not let them succeed," he said.
He further pointed is is because of their push-back policy that there has not been any large-scale influx of Rohingya into India.
"Whatever Rohingya are already present in the country are also coming under pressure at certain places. So they are going to West Bengal, a state which is slightly friendly towards them. They have set up camps for the Rohingya coming from within the country, and not from Bangladesh," Sharma said at a press conference he held with his visiting Bangladesh counterpart on Friday.
"We got the (Rohingya presence in West Bengal) inquired," he said, adding that there were about 70-odd families who had come from various places within India.
