Lok Sabha Question No. 687 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-19
Subject: Identification and Deportation of Immigrants
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Adhikari Dibyendu, UDAY PRATAP SINGH, RITI PATHAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 687

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2017/ AGRAHAYANA 28, 1939 (SAKA)

## IDENTIFICATION AND DEPORTATION OF IMMIGRANTS

687.    SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI: SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH: SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  prepared  any  lists  of  immigrants  in  different States of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise including North Eastern States along with the action taken for settlement of immigrants;
- (c)  the  number  of  illegal  immigrants  staying  in  the  country,  country-wise  and State-wise;
- (d) the measures taken to identify and deport them and the outcome thereof; and
- (e)  the  concrete  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  address  the  issue  of illegal immigrants in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) & (b): The information is not centrally maintained.
- (c): Illegal immigrants fall into two categories - (1) foreign nationals who have
- entered  India  on  valid  travel  documents  and  found  to  be  overstaying and (2)

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## L.S.US.Q.NO.687 FOR 19.12.2017

foreign  nationals  who  have  entered  into  the  country  without  any  valid  travel documents. In the first category, 7,685 foreigners were found to be overstaying as on 31.12.2016. Country - wise and state - wise details are given in annexure. There  are  also  reports  of  foreign  nationals  having  entered  the  country  without valid  travel  documents.  As  entry  of  such  foreign  nationals  into  the  country  is clandestine and surreptitious, there is no correct estimate of the total number of such illegal immigrants staying in the country.

(d) to (e): As and when a foreign national is detected to be overstaying in India violating the visa rules or found to be staying without any valid travel documents, necessary action  is  taken  under  the  relevant  provisions  of  the  Foreigners  Act, 1946  including  deportation  of  such  a  foreign  national.  Central  Government  is vested  with  powers  to  deport  a  foreign  national  under  Section  3(2)(c)  of  the Foreigners Act, 1946. The powers to identify and deport illegally staying foreign nationals  have  also  been  delegated  to  the  State  Government/  Union  Territory Administrations and to the Bureau of Immigration.

A revised procedure for detection and deportation of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants has also been set out and circulated to the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations in November, 2009, which has been partially modified in

## L.S.US.Q.NO.687 FOR 19.12.2017

February,  2011 and  further  modified  in  February,  2013.  The  procedure  includes sending back then and there, the illegal immigrants who are intercepted at the border while entering India unauthorisedly.

The Central Government is implementing a Mission Mode Project on Immigration, Visa  and  Foreigners  Registration  &  Tracking  (I.V.F.R.T.)  which  will  facilitate improved tracking of foreigners by integrating and sharing information captured during  visa  issuance  at  Missions,  during  immigration  check  at  the  Immigration Check Posts (ICPs) and during registration at the Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRROs)/Foreigners Registration Offices (FROs).

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## Annexure

## L.S.US.Q.NO.687 FOR 19.12.2017

## State/UT-wise statistics of overstaying foreigners as on 31.12.2016

| State/UT             |   Foreigners |
|----------------------|--------------|
| Andhra Pradesh       |          178 |
| Assam                |            3 |
| Bihar                |           14 |
| Chandigarh           |           23 |
| Chhattisgarh         |           13 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli |            1 |
| Daman and Diu        |            3 |
| Delhi                |         3083 |
| Goa                  |           60 |
| Gujarat              |          146 |
| Haryana              |          284 |
| Himachal Pradesh     |           10 |
| Jammu & Kashmir      |           18 |
| Jharkhand            |            3 |
| Karnataka            |         1182 |
| Kerala               |           71 |
| Madhya Pradesh       |           26 |
| Maharashtra          |          910 |
| Manipur              |            6 |
| Meghalaya            |           15 |
| Mizoram              |            1 |
| Nagaland             |            1 |
| Orissa               |            1 |
| Puducherry           |           47 |
| Punjab               |          194 |
| Rajasthan            |          159 |
| Tamil Nadu           |          492 |
| Telangana            |          357 |
| Tripura              |            1 |
| Uttar Pradesh        |          212 |
| Uttarakhand          |           15 |
| West Bengal          |          156 |
| TOTAL                |         7685 |

## Country - wise statistics of overstaying registered foreigners as on 31 st  December of 2015-2016.

| Country                          |   No. of overstaying foreigners |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Afghanistan                      |                            1907 |
| Australia                        |                              33 |
| Bangladesh                       |                             196 |
| Cameroon                         |                              28 |
| Canada                           |                             139 |
| China                            |                              48 |
| Congo                            |                              33 |
| Cote D'Ivoire                    |                              27 |
| Democratic Rep. of Congo (Zaire) |                             307 |
| France                           |                             115 |
| Germany                          |                              77 |
| Indonesia                        |                              37 |
| Iran                             |                             414 |
| Iraq                             |                             157 |
| Italy                            |                              26 |
| Japan                            |                              45 |
| Kenya                            |                              52 |
| Libya Arab Jamahiriya            |                              28 |
| Malaysia                         |                              44 |
| Maldives                         |                              31 |
| Netherlands                      |                              25 |
| New Zealand                      |                              16 |
| Nigeria                          |                             811 |
| Pakistan                         |                             536 |
| Philippines                      |                              73 |
| Republic of Korea                |                              67 |
| Russian Federation               |                              72 |
| Rwanda                           |                              86 |
| Somalia                          |                             164 |
| South Africa                     |                              36 |
| South Sudan                      |                              33 |
| Sri Lanka                        |                             135 |
| Sudan                            |                             344 |
| Syria Arab Republic              |                              42 |
| Thailand                         |                              30 |
| Uganda                           |                              41 |
| Ukraine                          |                              19 |
| United Kingdom                   |                             125 |
| United Republic of Tanzania      |                              72 |
| United States of America         |                             268 |
| Uzbekistan                       |                              40 |
| Yemen                            |                             326 |
| Others                           |                             580 |
| Total                            |                            7685 |

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