Deportation row in Parliament: ‘No women or children were restrained,’ govt cites US response
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Deportation row in Parliament: ‘No women or children were restrained,’ govt cites US response

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Since January, a total of 388 Indian deportees have arrived in the country till date after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing all illegal immigrants to leave the country immediately Security personnel escort Indian immigrants deported from the U.S., as they leave the airport in Ahmedabad, on February 6. Reuters The Indian government on Friday told the Parliament that the US has confirmed that Indian deportees who were women or children were “not restrained” on their flights back home last month. The central government informed the upper house of the parliament that the Ministry of External Affairs had “strongly registered its concerns with the US authorities on the treatment meted out to deportees on the flight that landed on February 5, particularly for the use of shackles, especially on women". In response, Washington assured that “no women or children were restrained on the deportation flights that landed in India on February 15 and 16 respectively.” Since January, a total of 388 Indian deportees have arrived in the country till date after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing all illegal immigrants to leave the country immediately.

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