US authorities encountered these many illegal Indian immigrants in last 5 years
US authorities encountered these many illegal Indian immigrants in last 5 years
New York: The US authorities “encountered” with over 200,000 illegal Indian immigrants in the last five years with the highest cases of 96,917 reported in 2022-23, according to details furnished in Parliament by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) while citing data from American homeland security.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said the US authorities came across 8,027 illegal Indian immigrants in 2018-19, 1227 in 2019-20 and 30,662 in 2020-21.
The number in 2021-22 was 63,927 while 96,917 cases were reported in 2022-23. “The government accords highest priority to the safety, security and well-being of Indian nationals abroad.” The total number of illegal Indian immigrants encountered by the American authorities comes to 200,760.
Muraleedharan said the data regarding the number of illegal Indian immigrants encountered by US authorities are based on immigration statistics published on the website of the US Customs and Border Protection.
He said the data is as per the US fiscal year (October to September). The minister said details regarding the number of Indian nationals who lost their lives while crossing the US border are not available.
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