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Why illegal recruitment agents across India get away with human trafficking

States failing to investigate and prosecute networks that dupe and exploit the vulnerable

Updated On: 21 Feb 2025 | 10:56 AM IST

Second US plane with 119 Indians to land in Amritsar on Feb 15, next on 16

This comes just days after a US military aircraft brought back 104 illegal Indian immigrants to Amritsar on February 5, 2025

Updated On: 14 Feb 2025 | 5:51 PM IST

US takes offer, deports 119 migrants from diverse nationalities to Panama

Panama has received the first US flight carrying deportees from other nations as the Trump administration takes Panama up on its offer to act as a stopover for expelled migrants, the Central American nation's president said Thursday. Yesterday a flight from the United States Air Force arrived with 119 people from diverse nationalities of the world, President Jos Ral Mulino said Thursday in his weekly press briefing. He said there were migrants from China, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan aboard. The president said it was the first of three planned flights that were expected to total about 360 people. It's not something massive, he said. The migrants were expected to be moved to a shelter in Panama's Darien region before being returned to their countries, Mulino said. Last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Mulino in Panama. While US President Donald Trump's demands to retake control of the Panama Canal dominated the visit, Mulino also discussed Panama's efforts to

Updated On: 14 Feb 2025 | 7:59 AM IST

Kharge slams govt over US' deportations of Indians ahead of Trump-Modi meet

Instead of sending Indians on a regular passenger flight, why were they sent on a goods flight, this means PM Modi's friend (Trump) is treating our people like slaves, Kharge added

Updated On: 12 Feb 2025 | 11:19 AM IST

Govt plans Rs 5 lakh fine, up to 5 yr jail for illegal entry under new bill

Stricter measures for foreign nationals entering India are part of the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025, set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha

Updated On: 12 Feb 2025 | 9:28 AM IST

Migrants stranded in Mexico try to restart life after Trump crackdown

Margelis Rodriguez and her two children took selfies on their flight to Tijuana, showing off the T-shirts she had custom-made to mark what she expected to be her family's life-changing moment. On the back of the shirts were their names and the flags of the six countries they passed through in 2024. On the front between the flags of her native Venezuela and the United States, was written in Spanish: "Yes it was possible, thank God. The wait was worth it. I made it!!" The celebratory words now sting driving home how close they came without making it and how precarious their lives are with their future more uncertain than ever, Rodriguez said while standing near the tent her family lives in at a shelter in Tijuana, a block from the towering wall marking the US border. The family is among tens of thousands of people who had appointments into February, many of them left stranded in Mexican border cities after President Donald Trump took office. As part of a broader immigration crackdown

Updated On: 11 Feb 2025 | 12:52 PM IST

Venezuela sends planes to US to return migrants, signalling improving ties

Two Venezuelan planes flew to the United States on Monday and returned home with deported Venezuelans, signaling a possible improvement in relations between longtime diplomatic adversaries and a victory for President Donald Trump in his efforts to get more countries to take their people back. The US and Venezuelan governments separately confirmed the flights by Venezuelan airline Conviasa without saying how many were aboard or disclosing their routes. Flights of Illegal Aliens to Venezuela Resume, the White House said in a post on the X platform, saying they were overseen by Richard Grennell, a top Trump adviser who recently traveled to Venezuela. The Venezuelan government confirmed the flights in a statement that took issue with an ill-intentioned and false narrative around the presence of members of the Tren de Aragua gang in the United States. It said most Venezuelan immigrants are decent, hard-working people and that U.S. officials sought to stigmatize the South American ...

Updated On: 11 Feb 2025 | 7:09 AM IST

Indian restaurants among targets in UK crackdown on illegal migrants

Indian restaurants, nail bars, convenience stores, and car washes were among the targets of what the Home Office on Monday described as a UK-wide blitz on illegal working in the country. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said her department's Immigration Enforcement teams had a record-breaking January as they descended on 828 premises -- a 48 per cent rise compared to the previous January, with arrests surging to 609, and marking a 73 per cent increase from the previous year. The Home Office said that while its teams respond to illegal working intelligence in all sectors, a significant proportion of last month's activity took place at restaurants, takeaways and cafes as well as in the food, drink and tobacco industry. A visit to one Indian restaurant in Humberside, northern England, alone led to seven arrests and four detentions, it noted. The immigration rules must be respected and enforced. For far too long, employers have been able to take on and exploit illegal migrants and too many

Updated On: 10 Feb 2025 | 10:51 PM IST

Court allows to block Venezuelan immigrants from being sent to Guantanamo

A federal court on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba as part of the president's immigration crackdown. In a legal filing earlier in the day, lawyers for the men said the detainees "fit the profile of those the administration has prioritized for detention in Guantanamo, i.e. Venezuelan men detained in the El Paso area with (false) charges of connections with the Tren de Aragua gang." It asked a US District Court in New Mexico for a temporary restraining order blocking their transfer, adding that the mere uncertainty the government has created surrounding the availability of legal process and counsel access is sufficient to authorize the modest injunction. During a brief hearing, Judge Kenneth J Gonzales granted the temporary order, which was opposed by the government, said Jessica Vosburgh, an attorney for the three men. "It's short term. This will get revisited and further fleshed

Updated On: 10 Feb 2025 | 8:42 AM IST

Warned about deportations of 'illegal' immigrants from US: Taranjit Sandhu

Sandhu's comments on Friday came after the US deported several Indian nationals who had allegedly migrated illegally to the United States

Updated On: 08 Feb 2025 | 8:13 AM IST

People arrested in Trump's immigration crackdown held in federal prisons

President Donald Trump's administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, the federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday, returning to a strategy that drew allegations of mistreatment during his first term. In a statement to The Associated Press, the prison agency said it is assisting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement by housing detainees and will continue to support our law enforcement partners to fulfil the administration's policy objectives. The Bureau of Prisons declined to say how many immigration detainees it is taking in, or which prison facilities are being used. For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not comment on the legal status of an individual, nor do we specify the legal status of individuals assigned to any particular facility, including numbers and locations, the agency said. Three people familiar with the matter told the AP that federal jails in Los Angeles and Miami and a federal prison in Atlanta are

Updated On: 08 Feb 2025 | 7:19 AM IST

Will not accept description of India as uncooperative country: Vikram Misri

Misri, speaking at a weekly press briefing on Friday, said that there are certain legalities in the deportation process to make sure all the citizens are Indian citizens

Updated On: 08 Feb 2025 | 7:03 AM IST

What is govt doing to stop Indians from going abroad illegally: Chidambaram

Congress leader P Chidambaram also demanded that the government take strict action against agents who lure young people into illegal immigration

Updated On: 07 Feb 2025 | 7:26 AM IST

Jaishankar to address Rajya Sabha on deportation of Indians in 'handcuffs'

Several opposition MPs, including Congress' KC Venugopal, staged a protest outside Parliament, wearing 'handcuffs' to highlight the 'inhumane' treatment of Indian nationals

Updated On: 06 Feb 2025 | 1:17 PM IST

Indians entering US via 'Dunki' deported: What is this illegal route?

Trump administration has intensified crackdown on illegal immigration, particularly through the high-risk 'donkey route' that many Indians continue to take in pursuit of the 'American dream'

Updated On: 06 Feb 2025 | 11:16 AM IST

First batch of illegal Indian immigrants from US: 25 women and 12 minors

The deportation of 104 undocumented Indian immigrants marks the first large-scale action of its kind by the US under the second term of President Donald Trump

Updated On: 05 Feb 2025 | 9:00 PM IST

US flight carrying 104 deported Indian migrants lands in Amritsar

The deportation comes after US President Donald Trump, who took office last month, intensified efforts to clamp down on illegal immigration

Updated On: 05 Feb 2025 | 3:33 PM IST