孟加拉国监狱中关押着至少407名来自15个国家的外国人，他们因各种罪行被关押在这里，这些罪行包括贩毒、人口贩卖、走私黄金以及从事非法的互联网协议语音（VoIP）业务。
Bangladesh has at least 407 foreigners from 15 countries in its jails for crimes ranging from drug and human trafficking to gold smuggling and illegal Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) businesses.
据孟加拉媒体报道，超过50%的在押外国人是印度人，其中超过一半已服刑完毕，符合遣返条件。
Over 50% of the imprisoned foreigners are Indians, with more than half of them having completed their term and eligible for repatriation, according to a Bangladeshi media report."
《每日星报》周五报道：“印度人在孟加拉监狱中的人数最多，共有238名囚犯，其中包括168名已服刑完毕但仍被拘留的，因为返国安排尚未完成。”
India accounts for the largest number [of foreigners in Bangladeshi jails], with 238 prisoners, including 168 who have completed their sentences but remain detained because arrangements for their return have yet to be completed," reported The Daily Star on Friday.
然而，印度驻达卡高级专员公署领事部的一名官员对这家达卡报纸表示，只有25名经核实的在孟加拉服刑完毕的印度人正在等待遣返。问题似乎在于确认身份并确保他们确实是印度人。
However, an official of the Consular Wing of the High Commission of India (HCI) in Dhaka told the Dhaka-based newspaper that only 25 verified Indians jailed in Bangladesh were awaiting repatriation after completing their terms. The problem seems to be in ascertaining the identity and ensuring that they are indeed Indians.
该官员称，孟加拉外交部已提供一份所谓的121名已服刑完毕的印度囚犯名单。
The Indian high commission official said the foreign ministry of Bangladesh had shared lists of what it claimed were 121 Indian prisoners who had completed their jail terms."
“然而，这些据称为印度囚犯的大多数个人信息不足，无法核实其印度国籍，”该官员对《每日星报》说，并补充说高级专员公署已请求查阅这些囚犯的资料。
However, the personal particulars of the majority of these reportedly Indian prisoners are insufficient to enable verification of their Indian nationality," the official told The Daily Star, adding that the high commission had sought access to these prisoners.
该官员称，仍在等待孟加拉外交部的回复，而在某些案件中，核实国籍的程序仍在进行中。
The high commission official said it was awaiting a response from Bangladesh's foreign ministry, while in some cases the process to verify the nationality was on.
6月，PTI 报道称，根据六个月前公布的监狱统计数据，孟加拉监狱中有152名在押外国人，其中有148名是已服刑完毕、正等待遣返的印度人。
In June, PTI reported that there were 148 Indians among 152 foreigners in Bangladesh's jails awaiting repatriation after completing their sentences, according to prison statistics published six months ago.
当时有官员表示，身份识别程序以及官僚或外交层面的不作为延长了他们的羁押。
An official had then said that the identification process, alongside bureaucratic or diplomatic inaction, prolonged their captivity.
《每日星报》称，监狱中有133名缅甸囚犯，是第二大群体，但其中只有一人已服刑完毕并在等待遣返。
With 133 in jails, prisoners from Myanmar form the second-biggest cohort, but only one of them is awaiting repatriation after completing their sentence, according to The Daily Star.
根据报道，剩余囚犯包括六名尼日利亚人，以及各三名巴基斯坦人和马来西亚人。据报道，出于安全原因，外国囚犯被关押在单独的牢房内，其监区外部区域由监控摄像头进行监视。监狱官员向《每日星报》表示，羁押已刑满的外国囚犯“正在造成后勤困难，并给政府带来额外成本”。- 结束（撰稿：Sushim Mukul）
The remaining prisoners include six Nigerians, and three each from Pakistan and Malaysia, according to the report. Foreign prisoners are reportedly kept in separate cells for security reasons and the areas outside their wards are monitored by CCTV cameras. And prison officials told The Daily Star that the detention of foreign prisoners who had completed their terms was "creating logistical difficulties and imposing additional costs on the government".- Ends(Written by Sushim Mukul)