
12 Indians arrive in Delhi days after deported to Panama by U.S.
The Hindu
Twelve Indians deported from Panama by the U.S. return to India, part of mass deportation program.
Twelve Indians, deported to Panama by the U.S., returned to India from the Latin American nation on Sunday (February 23, 2025), officials said.
The deportees arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, marking the first batch of Indians returning from Panama following their deportation by the U.S.
The 12 Indians are learnt to be part of 299 undocumented migrants deported to Panama by the U.S. a few days ago.
The Trump administration has begun a mass deportation programme of foreign nationals living illegally in the U.S..
Over 300 Indians have already been deported to India by the U.S. in three flights this month.
India has been maintaining that it will take back all Indians who have either overstayed in the U.S. or are there without documentation after their nationality is verified.
"It is the obligation of all nations to take back their nationals, if they are found to be living illegally abroad," External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said in Parliament on February 6.

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