Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security (UKMK) said on Wednesday (July 3) that border guards detained 11 citizens of Bangladesh for illegally crossing the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border. 

The UKMK added that earlier in May, Kyrgyz authorities had detained 46 other illegal migrants from Bangladesh in the southern Jalal-Abad region. 

The issue of illegal immigrants from South Asia and the Middle East has turned into an important topic in Kyrgyzstan after hundreds of students from Pakistan fled Kyrgyzstan in May following violent mob attacks targeting foreign university students in Bishkek. 

The attacks were sparked by an online video showing a brawl between Kyrgyz men and Egyptian citizens.

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

BDST: 1610 HRS, July 3, 2024
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