UP CM Yogi Adityanath orders municipal corporations to list Rohingya and Bangladeshi workers, strengthen verification, and set up detention facilities.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued a new order on Wednesday morning to all 17 municipal corporations in the state to compile a list of Rohingya and Bangladeshis working in sanitation or other cleaning jobs, either directly or through contractual agencies, and deliver the list to the Inspector General (IG) and Divisional Commissioner of the relevant range.

Additionally, he instructed the IGs of all 18 ranges and Divisional Commissioners of all 18 divisions to establish detention facilities in each division.

This occurs a few days after the Chief Minister gave all District Magistrates (DMs) directives to deal swiftly and firmly against illegal immigrants and infiltrators. Additionally, DMs were requested to establish makeshift jail facilities in districts.

Sources claim that the majority of undocumented immigrants work in sanitation.

The commissioners and IGs have been instructed by the CM to make sure that illegal immigrants within their division or range are located, checked, and placed in detention facilities prior to deportation, following the proper procedures, as soon as they receive lists of such workers from the corresponding municipal corporations.

According to a government spokeswoman, the DMs and SPs have already begun the effort to find and track down illegal immigrants who are still living or working in districts after receiving instructions from the CM on November 22.

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The administration said in a statement on November 23 that the central and state governments are stepping up efforts to identify unauthorized foreign nationals and that the crackdown near the Nepal border and important urban centers has accelerated.

Additionally, the administration claimed that UP’s geographic location—it shares borders with eight states, one Union Territory, and Nepal—makes this campaign even more urgent. The state has been directly impacted by the surge in infiltration, phony identification, and instability-affecting actions in border regions in recent years.

It added that an estimated 20 million illegal immigrants from Bangladesh may be living in India, citing data presented in Parliament by former Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju in 2016. He told Parliament in August 2017 that the nation was home to around 40,000 illegal Rohingya migrants.

The administration stated on Wednesday that the presence of illegal foreign nationals has an impact on government benefits, job chances, and resource allocation because many of them try to access welfare programs using false identities, which puts legitimate beneficiaries at a disadvantage. The government noted that because of their existing dense populations and high infrastructure demand, rapidly expanding cities like Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Noida, and Lucknow are under the most strain.

Additionally, it asserted that the verification process would be transparent and equitable, guaranteeing that law-abiding citizens would not experience any inconvenience.