To connect the Bengali diaspora or the Non-Resident Bengalis (NRBs) with their Bengali-speaking native lands - Bangladesh, West Bengal, Tripura, Barak Vally as well as Andaman and Nicobar Islands or elsewhere around the world. As there is a large Bengali diaspora population in Saudi Arabia, where there are around 3.3 million. There are also significant migrant communities in various Arab states of
the Persian Gulf, particularly the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, where Bengali are mainly classified as foreign workers. The United Kingdom's 2001 census found 400,000 (600,000 in 2009 census) British Bengali mainly concentrated in east London boroughs (Tower Hamlets and Newham); the migration to Britain is mainly linked with chain migration from the Sylhet Division (95% of the UK-Bangladeshi population are from the Sylhet Division who are also regarded as Sylheti diaspora) and Kolkata. Besides the UK and Middle East, Bengali also have a significant presence in the United States, mainly in New York City (where many are also from Sylhet, Kolkata, Chittagong, and other regions) and Paterson in New Jersey, in East and Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, South Korea and Japan, and in other Western countries such as Italy, Canada, and Australia.
