Background: As the world continues to debate the Pakistan issue, thousands of refugees from East Pakistan continue to cross the border into India. The total since April is now climbing towards the eight million mark.

Indian Government officials estimated that on Tuesday (August 10) more than twenty thousand refugees crossed the border. This film of the latest exodus was filmed by Visnews staff cameraman in India, Prem Prakash. It also contains an interview with a deputy leader of the Bangladesh movement.