Lok Sabha Question No. 3945 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Indians in Foreign Jails
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: M. P. Abdussamad Samadani

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3945

ANSWERED ON- 24/03/2023

## INDIANS IN FOREIGN JAILS

3945. DR. M.P. ABDUSSAMAD SAMADANI

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state :-

(a) whether the Government is aware of Indian expatriates undertrials and convicts lodged in prisons in foreign countries;

(b) if so, the general details of expatriate convicts and undertrials lodged in prisons in foreign countries gender and offense committed-wise;

(c) whether the Government has the State-wise list of such undertrials; and

(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

(SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN)

(a   &   b)  As   per   the   information   available   with   the   Ministry,   the   number   of   Indian   prisoners, including undertrials, in foreign prisons at present is 8437. Country-wise list is given at Annexure. However, due to strong privacy laws prevailing in many countries, the local authorities do not share information   on   prisoners   unless   the   person   concerned   consents   to   the   disclosure   of   such information. Even countries which share information do not generally provide detailed information about the foreign nationals imprisoned.

(c & d) State-wise data is not available.

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## Annexure

|   Sl. No. | Country             |   Number of Indian prisoners, including undertrials, in foreign prisons |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Albania             |                                                                       2 |
|         2 | Argentina           |                                                                       1 |
|         3 | Armenia             |                                                                       9 |
|         4 | Australia           |                                                                      81 |
|         5 | Austria             |                                                                       8 |
|         6 | Azerbaijan          |                                                                       4 |
|         7 | Bahrain             |                                                                     265 |
|         8 | Bangladesh          |                                                                      60 |
|         9 | Belarus             |                                                                       2 |
|        10 | Belgium             |                                                                       7 |
|        11 | Bhutan              |                                                                      68 |
|        12 | Brunei Darussalam   |                                                                       4 |
|        13 | Bulgaria            |                                                                       3 |
|        14 | Burkina Faso        |                                                                       1 |
|        15 | Cambodia            |                                                                       1 |
|        16 | Canada              |                                                                      23 |
|        17 | Chile               |                                                                       1 |
|        18 | China               |                                                                     170 |
|        19 | Congo (Kinshasa)    |                                                                       8 |
|        20 | Congo (Brazzaville) |                                                                       1 |
|        21 | Côte d'Ivoire       |                                                                       8 |
|        22 | Cuba                |                                                                       1 |
|        23 | Cyprus              |                                                                      51 |
|        24 | Denmark             |                                                                       3 |
|        25 | Egypt               |                                                                       1 |
|        26 | Ethiopia            |                                                                       1 |
|        27 | Fiji                |                                                                       1 |
|        28 | France              |                                                                      29 |
|        29 | Germany             |                                                                      66 |

|   30 | Ghana             |    1 |
|------|-------------------|------|
|   31 | Greece            |   22 |
|   32 | Guatemala         |    1 |
|   33 | Hungary           |    6 |
|   34 | Indonesia         |   21 |
|   35 | Iran              |   16 |
|   36 | Israel            |    9 |
|   37 | Italy             |  156 |
|   38 | Japan             |    5 |
|   39 | Jordan            |   30 |
|   40 | Kenya             |    3 |
|   41 | Kuwait            |  428 |
|   42 | Kyrgyzstan        |    1 |
|   43 | Laos              |    2 |
|   44 | Lebanon           |    5 |
|   45 | Madagascar        |    3 |
|   46 | Malawi            |    1 |
|   47 | Malaysia          |  606 |
|   48 | Maldives          |   11 |
|   49 | Mauritius         |   10 |
|   50 | Mexico            |    1 |
|   51 | Morocco           |    1 |
|   52 | Mozambique        |    6 |
|   53 | Myanmar           |   21 |
|   54 | Nepal             | 1222 |
|   55 | Nigeria           |   18 |
|   56 | Oman              |   92 |
|   57 | Pakistan          |   51 |
|   58 | Philippines       |   32 |
|   59 | Poland            |   12 |
|   60 | Portugal          |   10 |
|   61 | Qatar             |  682 |
|   62 | Republic of Korea |    2 |
|   63 | Romania           |    6 |
|   64 | Russia            |   13 |

| 65   | Rwanda               |    4 |
|------|----------------------|------|
| 66   | Saudi Arabia         | 1362 |
| 67   | Senegal              |    4 |
| 68   | Serbia               |    4 |
| 69   | Singapore            |   71 |
| 70   | Slovakia             |    1 |
| 71   | South Africa         |    6 |
| 72   | South Sudan          |    1 |
| 73   | Spain                |   40 |
| 74   | Sri Lanka            |   22 |
| 75   | Sweden               |    2 |
| 76   | Tanzania             |    3 |
| 77   | Thailand             |   20 |
| 78   | Togo                 |    2 |
| 79   | Trinidad and Tobago  |    2 |
| 80   | Uganda               |    2 |
| 81   | United Arab Emirates | 1966 |
| 82   | United Kingdom       |  237 |
| 83   | USA                  |  294 |
| 84   | Uzbekistan           |    1 |
| 85   | Vietnam              |    3 |
| 86   | Yemen                |    1 |
| 87   | Zimbabwe             |    3 |
|      | Total                | 8437 |

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