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Women, Children ‘Not Restrained’ In 2nd Deportation Flight To Amritsar: Report

Women, Children ‘Not Restrained’ In 2nd Deportation Flight To Amritsar: Report

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New Delhi: Women and children were not restrained on the deportation flight carrying the second batch of Indian nationals that arrived in Amritsar on February 15, sources confirmed to ANI. Meanwhile, the aircraft carrying the third batch of Indian nationals who had allegedly migrated illegally to the US also landed at Amritsar Airport on Sunday. Earlier on Saturday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann assured that the deportees would be treated properly and that all necessary arrangements had been made. The Chief Minister stated that the deportees would stay in Amritsar for a few hours before being taken to their respective states. “Our kids are the ones which are coming here anyway, so from here no one can go hungry, we will make arrangements. We have also made staying arrangements for them. They will stay here for a few hours and then go to their respective states as the flights have been booked by the Ministry of External Affairs already,” Mr Mann said in a press conference in Amritsar on Saturday. Earlier on Friday, CM Mann …

Many deportees were detained from US border in last two months | India News

Many deportees were detained from US border in last two months | India News

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Many of the Indians deported from the United States had reached the Mexico-US border just last month or towards the end of December, The Indian Express has learnt after speaking to several of them and to sources in the police. Of the 104, 30 were from Punjab and 33 from Gujarat. At least 15 each from Punjab and Gujarat were detained at the Mexico-US border as they allegedly tried to enter the US amid stricter border control under the new administration of President Donald Trump. Story continues below this ad According to the deportees, they spent between Rs 30 lakh and Rs 1 crore in expenses and agent fees in their efforts to reach the US, mostly through what is known as the “dunki route” – unauthorised, and often perilous, ways of getting to the US that usually involve travel through multiple countries and different modes of transport. The aircraft carried 104 Indians from Haryana, Gujarat, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Chandigarh. (Reuters/Adnan Abidi) For instance, 21-year-old Pardeep Singh, from Jurait village in Mohali, left …