Since the start of this year, 2,790 Indian nationals living illegally in the United States have returned home, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.

Sharing the figures at his weekly media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said these individuals “did not meet the criteria and were illegally staying there.”

“On deportation, since January of this year, we have had around 2,790-plus Indian nationals who did not meet the criteria. They were illegally staying there. We verified their credentials, their nationality. And they have returned,” Jaiswal said. “This is the status till yesterday, that is October 29.”

Jaiswal clarified that each case was verified to confirm the person’s Indian nationality before repatriation. “We verified their credentials and nationality

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