Overview

• Commercial airlines have carried most repatriations since January, according to Ministry of External Affairs briefings.
• Indian authorities verify each individual’s nationality before approving removal lists submitted by U.S. agencies.
• Early-year military deportation flights that saw women and children shackled prompted diplomatic protests from India over flight procedures.
• New visa guidelines include social media checks alongside U.S. sanctions on Indian travel agents suspected of aiding migrants traveling through so-called ‘donkey routes’.
• Migration-control talks between India and the U.S. are under way alongside advancing trade negotiations, with New Delhi seeking stronger deportee welfare safeguards.