‘Degrading’: India opposition MPs protest US deportees’ return in shackles | Migration News

Opposition members have disrupted a session of the Indian Parliament, as they questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government that he was deported to the United States in response to the abuse of 104 citizens of its citizens while deportation of the United States. On the reaction to the reaction.

On Thursday, the proceedings in the lower and upper houses of the parliament were postponed when the lawmakers chanted slogans and demanded the Modi government deal with the deportation process, which was called “defamatory”.

In a notice to the Secretary -General of the Lower House of Parliament, Gorao Gogoi, a member of the Opposition Congress party, termed the deportation “defamatory”, adding that “serious concerns about their human dignity and rights. Born. “

The deportation came a week ago when the United States President Donald Trump is expected to meet Modi in Washington DC. It is expected that the migration will also begin during Trump’s talks with Modi.

On Wednesday, an American military plane carrying non -documentary immigrants landed in the Sikh Holi City Amritsar in the state of Punjab, a large -scale deportation agenda by Trump.

USBP Chief Michael Banks said in a post on X on Wednesday, “USBP (US Border Patrol) and partners successfully returned to India illegal foreigners, and yet Identified most of the most flight of deportation using military transport. “

He said in the post, “If you cross illegally, you will be removed,” which shows a video showing some men in handcasted and chains in their legs. I have been admitted to the military plane.

According to the Times of India and the Indian Express newspapers, all migrants were handcuffed during the flight, and Indian Express newspapers said that they had quoted the deportions of Punjab, who said they had spoken to the exile.

The Press Trust of India News Agency quoted Jaspal Singh, one of the exiles, as saying that the exiles and legs were removed only after landing in Amritsar.

Singh, 36, said he initially thought he was being taken to another US camp.

“Then a police officer told us that we were being taken to India.”

After arriving in India to India, they examined more hours at Amritsar Airport before being expelled in small groups in police vehicles at Amritsar Airport.

On Thursday, a regular flight to Ahmedabad, Gujarat state, was flown near his homes.

India’s opposition legislators, some of them, wore a rash, protesting outside Parliament in New Delhi, condemning the abuse of Indian immigrants during the deportation of the United States. [AP]

The Foreign Minister of India responded

In response, Indian Foreign Minister Subharaniam Jaishkar said that New Delhi is engaged with the United States to ensure that non -documentary Indian immigrants are not abused while deporting.

Jaishkar told Parliament that the process of exile after US officials was not new and allows immigrants to use restrictions to return to their home countries.

“If they are found illegally abroad, it is the responsibility of all countries to take their citizens back,” he added.

Parliament Speaker Om Berla also tried to calm the opposition lawmakers, saying that “a foreign country also has its own rules and regulations”.

Outside the parliament, opposition lawmakers, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, continued their protest when they demanded a response from the Modi government. Some of them were wearing a handcuffs and carrying play cards, which wrote: “Man, not a prisoner”.

Although Indian immigrants have been deported by the previous US administration, it was the first time that Washington used a military plane to do so.

India has cooperated with the United States and said it is ready to accept the deportation Indians after the endorsement.

New Delhi says it is against non -documentary immigration, the main reason is that it belongs to several types of organized crime.

A spokesman for the US Embassy in Delhi said the implementation of immigration laws was “very important” for US security and public safety.

The spokesperson added, “It is the United States policy to act loyal to all the unmanageable and removable foreigners against immigration laws.”

A report from the Pew Research Center states that India was ranked third after Mexico and El Salvador by 2022 – the largest number of non -documentary immigrants – 725,000 – on the list of countries living in the United States.

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