Described as India’s Mexican problem, ‘illegal migrants from Bangladesh’ have long been cast as villains. One of them, Kalimuddin, deported thrice, is part of the folklore in Assam. 600 Bangladeshis held in Indian prisons have been repatriated in the last three years while a thousand more are still behind bars. Human Rights groups in Bangladesh claim at least 20,000 Bangladeshi women have been forced into prostitution in India. And a report in The Guardian last year put the figure of Bangladeshi intruders shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) at a staggering 1,000 between 2001 and 2011.