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This news made me laugh and worry at the same time.How bad does it have to get , before some one does something about the bangladesh border problem.

Bangladeshi settlers refuse to leave missile-testing zone in Balasore
The Indian government has asked over 1,500 Bangladesh nationals, living in its eastern coast for decades, to leave the country despite protests. Many of these are living at Balasore near Chandipur, a high security zone used to test missiles. Authorities claim that only a handful of Bangladeshis had been allowed to settle in, but their numbers increased manifold as they brought in relatives and other village folk.
Read more about it here.

The border problem with bangladesh is getting worse every day and the central govt and the military seems to be sleeping over this issue. As if the population of the country is already less, we welcome all these people with open hands. How worse should it get to realize the problems of the illegal immigrants. Asia times reports about this ticking time bomb.

The steady flow of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh has significantly altered the region's demographic complexion, particularly in the border districts of West Bengal and Assam, and with important political implications. In Assam illegal migrants affect state politics in a major way, having acquired a critical say in an estimated 50 of the state's 126 assembly constituencies. Read more about it here.

Bangladesh is not the only problem, we seem to have border problems with every neighboring country.We seem as a country without borders. The Maoist rebels have been gun running on the india,nepal borders and are bold enough to support anti-india activities

It was only a matter time before the resourceful Nepali maoists made links with maoist groups on the Indian side. Recently, long divided Indian maoist groups have agreed to wage a united campaign against the Indian state, and Nepali maoists have pledged to lend their full moral and strategic support to this cause. Read more about it here.

The current nepal situation may lead to refuge situation.It is another story that india has been the providing refuge for the tibetians for 5 decades now. The ULFA was using the Bhutan border for its insurgent activities till now, before rajiv gandhi's assassination south india was the LTTE's background and off course there is always Kashmir. Where now infiltration is going on in a another level. They just cross the border and buy citizenship.

what will it take for the indian govt and the military to secure our borders, didn't we learn anything from the kargil war??