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Claim: Innocent Hindus migrating from Bangladesh after the recent situation.
Conclusion: Misrepresentation. An old video from India-Bangladesh Milan Mela held in 2018 has been shared to claim that it was recent visual from the India-Bangladesh border in Assam after PM Hasina’s exit.
Rating: Misrepresentation — 
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A video is going viral on social media with a claim that it shows several people standing on both sides of a barbed wire fence that divides India and Bangladesh. The claim further seeks the Indian government to provide innocent Hindus from Bangladesh with shelter. The video is being shared amid reports of Hindus being targeted by arsonists in Bangladesh after the recent unrest.
Visuals from India-Bangladesh border in Assam
Importance of Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019
Government of India should immediately provide shelter & safety to the innocent Hindus of Bangladesh who suffered in such a situation under the CAA Act of India@DrSJaishankar@AmitShah pic.twitter.com/hIBt3RxPwL
— 🚩Mohan Gowda🇮🇳 (@MohanGowda_HJS) August 7, 2024
Those sharing it have said that they expect the Indian government to “immediately provide shelter and safety to the innocent Hindus of Bangladesh who suffered in such a situation…” The context seeks to highlight the need for the Citizenship Act, 2019, which entails citizenship to Hindu immigrants from neighbouring countries.
This claim can also be seen here, and here.
FACT-CHECK
The video has gone viral recently, and Digiteye India took it up for fact-checking after receiving a request on its WhatsApp Tipline. When we took out keyframes from the video and conducted a Google Reverse Image search, the result showed that it was a six-year-old video from an annual event called India-Bangladesh Milan Mela, which facilitates people from both countries to meet and exchange gifts mutually.
See the video titled ‘India Bangladesh Milan Mela 15 April 2018. মিলন মেলা at India Bangladesh border’ and it was uploaded on Youtube on June 5, 2018. The annual event has been covered over the period here and here.
A simple Google Search revealed that the event is usually held at two Border Security Force (BSF) outposts in West Bengal, where people arrive to meet their friends and relatives in Bangladesh. On the other side, it was coordinated by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). One can see sweets and gifts are exchanged. But the news reports show that the event was cancelled in 2023.
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