US to send second batch of illegal immigrants to India: Report
World | India news | The second plane will carry about 170-180 illegal immigrants from India. Although an official confirmation is awaited from the Indian officials, the flight carrying deportees may land this week.
The United States will be sending a second batch of deportees to India, who entered the country through “donkey routes” or other illegal means, according to reports. This comes amid Indian Prime Minister Modi’s first US visit after President Donald Trump started his second term in office.
The second plane will carry about 170-180 illegal immigrants from India, The Tribune reported citing sources. Although an official confirmation is awaited from the Indian officials, the flight carrying deportees may land this week.
Earlier this month on February 5, a US military aircraft carrying over 100 illegal Indian immigrants landed at the Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport in Amritsar.
The US military plane C-17 took off from San Antonio, Texas, carrying 104 illegal immigrants belonging to Punjab and neighbouring states, marking the first deportation to India under the presidency of Trump.
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Panama confirms receiving plane of US deportees
Meanwhile, Panama said on Thursday (Feb 13) that it received the first US military aircraft carrying 119 deportees of various nationalities.
President Jose Raul Mulino said that the plane landed on Wednesday (Feb 12) with “people of the most diverse nationalities”. Mulino has offered Panama as a stopover for expelled migrants from the US under the Trump administration.
This comes two weeks after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Panama amid the dispute over the Panama Canal, which Trump has vowed to “take back”.
Following the visit, Panama said it would address US concerns, including alleged Chinese influence on the waterway. Mulino also promised to cooperate with the US on its crackdown against illegal immigrants and offered Rubio to use its Darien airstrip for deportation.
Former US president Joe Biden had sealed a deal with Mulino last year to provide $6 million to assist in deporting migrants. Since then, Panama has closed several routes in Darien and assisted the US in deporting migrants to countries like Colombia and Ecuador.
(With inputs from agencies)
