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The Bangladeshi diaspora (Bengali: প্রবাসী বাংলাদেশী) are people of Bangladeshi birth, descent or origin who live outside of Bangladesh. First-generation migrants may have moved abroad from Bangladesh for various reasons including better living conditions, to escape poverty, to support their financial condition ...
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The Bangladesh Plaza hosts numerous Bangladeshi businesses and cultural events. Recently, one part of Jackson Heights has become an open platform for all sorts of protests and activism. The adjacent neighborhoods of Woodside and Elmhurst in Queens have also drawn Bangladeshi Americans.
Some people internally migrated to Bangladesh from Pakistan before the 1971 split of the two countries. Afterwards, some of these "stranded Pakistanis", often known as "Biharis", ended up in refugee camps in Bangladesh, with only 200,000 of them (less than half) taken back by Pakistan after the 1973 Delhi Agreement. [3]
Some sources are available on page Bangladeshis and Bangladeshi diaspora on the English Wikipedia; Number of Bangladeshis living abroad per country: NW, 1615 L. St. Global Migration Map: Origins and Destinations, 1990-2017 (in en-US). Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project.
Bangladesh's largest opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, denounced the Chhatra League attacks on the protesters. [390] The Left Democratic Alliance also denounced the suppressions saying, "the government is delivering provocative speeches instead of recognizing logical changes in the quota system."
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ruled Biharis eligible for Bangladesh citizenship in 1972, and about 500,000 chose repatriation to Pakistan. [1] [12] Some repatriation was implemented by the Red Cross over a number of years, [13] but in 1978, the Pakistani government stripped Pakistanis remaining in Bangladesh of Pakistani citizenship. [12]
Bangladeshi Canadians (French: Canadiens Bangladais, Bengali: কানাডীয় বাংলাদেশী, romanized: Kanaḍīyô Bangladeshī) are Canadian citizens of Bangladeshi descent, first-generation Bangladeshi immigrants, or descendants of Bangladeshis who immigrated to Canada from East Bengal.