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 required to be deported," he said while answering a question on Indian authorities pushing back illegal migrants from Bangladesh through land borders. "Foreigners staying in India illegally, whether they happen to be Bangladeshi nationals or any other national, they will be dealt with as per law. We have a large number of Bangladeshis here who are required to be deported," he said. "Many of them have actually completed their jail sentences, and in many cases, the nationality verification is pending since 2020. So almost five years have gone by. We would urge the Bangladeshi side [to] expedite the verification process so that people who are required to be deported can be sent back to Bangladesh," Jaiswal said. Reports in the Bangladeshi media said a total of 109 people were pushed back into Bangladesh by Indian authorities through eight border districts since Wednesday night....