Kerala CM Writes to PM Modi to Look into 'Distressful' Deportation of Celebrated UK Anthropologist
News 18Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to look into the “distressful” issue of deportation of Filippo Osella, an anthropologist and academician from the UK, from Thiruvananthapuram Airport. He is a well-known anthropologist, who has conducted extensive research work in many places, including Kerala and has publications in the areas of social mobility and migration. “It is distressful that a reputed scholar like Prof. Osella had to face deportation at the Thiruvananthapuram airport when he arrived for participating in a seminar in Kochi,” the CM said in his letter. He further said the professor has conducted extensive research work in many places including in Kerala, where he is researching traditional fishing activities.
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