Days after US authorities deported a group of Indian citizens living illegally in that country, New Delhi on Saturday said it hoped that with India-US cooperation on mobility and migration, “we will curb illegal immigration.” Will be able to stop”.
At his weekly briefing in Delhi, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India engages in “regular dialogue” with the United States on migration and mobility.
“On October 22, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted a large-frame charter removal flight to the Republic of India for Indian nationals who have legal grounds to stay, through US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). in the United States,” DHS said in a statement last week.
This week’s flight reflects the Department’s continued commitment to “continued collaboration” with the Government of India and other international partners to work jointly to reduce and prevent irregular migration and combat human trafficking, it said. Said.
Responding to a question on this deportation, Jaiswal said, “You must have seen, recently we had some deportations from the US. We have regular dialogue with the United States on migration and mobility. And the idea behind it and “To create more pathways for legal immigration.” “As part of our regular consular communications and arrangements, we have facilitated the movement of people who are living in the US illegally or are part of irregular movement,” he said.
“This has been going on for some time. We are hopeful that with this cooperation and our engagement with the US on mobility and migration, we will be able to curb illegal immigration,” a State Department spokesperson said.
Nearly 1,100 Indian nationals living illegally in the United States were brought back to India through charter and commercial flights during the 2023-24 US fiscal year ending September 30, a senior US DHS official said on Tuesday. Was.
In a virtual briefing, US DHS Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy, Royce Murray, in response to a question related to the October 22 charter flight that deported a batch of Indian nationals, also said that they There were “no minors” from. On that evacuation flight, all of them were male and female adults.
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