As many as 48 Indians studying in the US have been deported back to India without any explanation, the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.
Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, replying to a question in the lower house of the parliament, said the US deported 48 students back to India in the past 3 years without mentioning any grounds of doing so.
A recent trend shows how Indian students migrate to various countries for their higher education with the US being one of the prioritised locations on their list.
However, it was noticed that some students were sent back to their home country without any explanation.
TDP’s BK Parthasarathi asked the minister to provide the number of students deported by the US during the last three years and explain the reasons behind their deportation.
He also asked if the Government possessed any data about the illegal migrants scattered across the globe, especially in the US and what has been done are in this regard.
Singh, who was present in the Lok Sabha, responded that in the past 3 years, there have been 48 cases where students of Indian nationality were sent back but the US authorities have not shared any reasons.
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However, the minister said the possible reasons for the deportation of Indian students could be “unauthorized employment, unapproved withdrawal from classes, expulsion and suspension, and failure to report Optional Practical Training (OPT) employments.”
These grounds can lead to termination of students’ visas making their stay in their country illegal.
Responding to the next set of questions she stated that the Government of India is working on nurturing strong bonds between the countries to facilitate the legal mobility of their citizens.
The MoS said the government is also taking strict action against people involved in illegal migration.
