Nueva Delhi: Two more flights of the United States that transport more illegal Indian immigrants are scheduled to land in Amritsar Punjab on February 15-16.
A flight from the United States that transports a second lot of 119 illegal Indian immigrants is scheduled to land on February 15.
According to official PTI sources, the plane is expected to land at the airport around 10 pm on Saturday.
Among the 119 illegal Indian immigrants, 67 come from Punjab, 33 of Haryana, eight from Gujarat, three by Uttar Pradesh, two from GOA, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and one from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, according to the report.
Another American plane is also expected to transport the deportees will land on February 16.
Development occurs hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and affirmed the need to fight against the “ecosystem” of trafficking in persons who attract people from common families with Great dreams and promises and brought to other countries as illegal immigrants.
This is not just a question about India, but it is a global problem, said Prime Minister Modi on the issue of illegal immigration during a joint press conference with Trump at the White House on Thursday.
“We are of the opinion that anyone who enters and lives in another country illegally, have absolutely no legal right or authority to live in that country,” said Prime Minister Modi.
Previously, an American military plane transporting 104 illegal Indian immigrants landed in the Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport In Amritsar on February 5.
While 30 of the deportees were from Punjab, 33 each was from Haryana and Gujarat, three each of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, and two from Chandigarh.