Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said the government has taken note of the “objections raised by everyone” over the manner in which illegal Indian immigrants were recently deported from the US.
There has been an uproar over the deportation of illegal Indian immigrants by the US in handcuffs during their 40-hour flight onboard a military aircraft.
The US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal Indian immigrants landed in Amritsar on February 5.
India on Friday said it has registered concerns with the US over the deportation of illegal immigrants in shackles and conveyed that this kind of treatment could have been avoided.
Khattar said, “America has deported people (to India) earlier also. This time, everyone had objections to the method, it (objection) has been registered and the issue will be resolved by talks. This issue is not good for any country and the government will discuss it further after giving due thought.”
There has been a constant demand that deportation (of illegal immigrants) be carried out, the Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs said.