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If we go back, they will also kill us", Bangladeshi refugees in the Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal have pleaded with the Border Security Forces (BSF)..
As over 500 refugees wait on no man's land seeking shelter in India amid Bangladesh protests, ghosts of partition past rekindle fear of more significant implications of the turmoil in South Asian nations...
However, reports of targeted violence against minorities, including Hindus and Awami League members, have now caused concern.. Further, implications of Bangladesh's protests and turmoil have resulted in the dramatic escalation of a refugee crisis in borderlands...
A Bangla newspaper, Uttarbanga Sambad, reported that hundreds of refugees have turned up on the no-man's land near the Uttar Dinajpur border with Bangladesh and West Bengal..
The report further added that refugees from strife-torn Bangladesh swam across the Nagar River to reach the no-man's land, seeking shelter in India...
