Chandigarh, Oct 27 || Haryana Transport Minister Anil Vij on Monday reacted to the incident in which 50 youths from Haryana were deported from the US in shackles, saying those who went to America through the “donkey route” did not travel through authorised means. However, Vij added, “If people are being deported, the process should be carried out humanely. No matter how they went, they are human beings and have human rights.”
He said the government has formulated a policy to take strict action against the agents who send people abroad illegally and pointed out that the government’s goal is to ensure justice for those youths and to prevent such incidents in the future.
As many as 54 Indian nationals, 50 of whom are from Haryana, were deported from the US for allegedly entering the country illegally. The deportees arrived at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Flight OAE-4767 on Saturday night, officials said.
Responding to the deportation, Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said he was aware of this issue.