In a massive statewide crackdown, over 550 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh were detained in Ahmedabad and Surat for residing in India with forged documents, Gujarat police said on Saturday.
Following the Supreme Court's order, the US Justice Department argued that the justices should deny the request to halt deportations under the controversial wartime authority provided by the Alien Enemies Act.
In a major crackdown on illegal immigration, the staff of Police Station South Campus, South West District, Delhi, has detained eight Bangladeshi nationals found residing unlawfully in various areas of the city.
A team of Delhi police apprehended a Bangladeshi national "residing illegally" in the national capital. He was later sent to the Deportation Centre with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO).
According to Delhi police, the three were apprehended on the basis of secret information and human intelligence. The police team succeeded in identifying three Bangladeshi nationals residing in the national capital without valid Indian documents and apprehended them after verifying all the r
Of those repatriated, 3,865 Afghan nationals voluntarily reached Landi Kotal transit camp, according to the officials. In addition, 107 Afghan nationals apprehended in Punjab were taken to Torkham for deportation.
Leaders of Pakhtun nationalist parties on Wednesday called on Pakistan to halt the deportation of Afghan refugees, urging the government to stop sending back people who have lived in the country for over four decades, the Dawn reported on Thursday.
UN human rights experts have urged Pakistan to immediately stop the mass deportation and forced return of Afghan nationals, warning of serious rights violations amid the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. They called on Islamabad to uphold international obligations and protect vulnerabl
Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation spokesperson, Mufti Abdul Mutalib Haqqani, said that bringing the refugees back is the official policy of Afghanistan, Dawn reported. However, it should be conducted under a joint mechanism with Pakistan so that refugees are returned graduall