New Delhi, May 23 -- India said on Thursday it has asked Bangladeshi authorities to verify the nationality of more than 2,300 illegal migrants believed to be from the neighbouring country so that they can be deported. External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a weekly media briefing that the verification of the nationality of many of these people by Bangladesh has been pending for almost five years. "We have asked the Bangladeshi side to verify their nationality. We have a pending list of 2,369 of people who are required to be deported," he said while responding to a question about Indian authorities pushing back illegal migrants from Bangladesh through land borders. "Foreigners staying in India illegally, whether they hap...