On the issue of illegal immigrants in the United States, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri says, “…The process of deportation is not new. it is something that the External Affairs Minister (EAM) also emphasised in the Parliament yesterday…I would not accept the description of India as an uncooperative country. Any country in the world if it wants to accept its nationals back will want to have the assurance that whosoever is coming back is a citizen of India, there are issues of legality associated with it, there are issues of security associated with it…In recent conversations when we have sought details about potential returnees from US. We have been told that there are up to 487 presumed Indian citizens with final removal orders. We have sought details and they have been provided to us with regard to 298 individuals…We have been very transparent on this use with US counterparts…”
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