Lok Sabha Question No. 2680 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-05
Subject: Indians Facing Deportation
Ministry: OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: AJAY NISHAD

Government of India

Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2680**

To be answered on 5 th August, 2015

**Indians Facing Deportation**

**†2680. SHRI AJAY NISHAD:**

Will the Minister of OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

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(a) whether many Indians residing illegally in other countries are facing deportation proceedings;

(b) if so, the details thereof, Country-wise and State-wise;

(c) the procedure being followed to deport Indians residing illegally in other countries and   whether any financial assistance is being provided for their home coming; and

(d) if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF STATE FOR OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS**

**GENERAL V.K. SINGH (RETD.)**

(a) & (b)  Yes, Madam.  Some Indian Missions/ Posts have reported that some Indians are residing illegally and are facing deportation proceedings.  The details are at Annexure-I.

(c) & (d)  Whenever any such case is reported to an Indian Mission by local authorities, firstly the Indian passport particulars are verified.  In case the passport is not available, particulars are verified from the Passport Issuing Authority (PIA) and an Emergency Certificate is issued for his/her travel back to India.  If the person is not in a position to bear the expenditure on account of purchase of air ticket and other miscellaneous expenditures, after verifying the genuineness of the case, the Mission makes arrangements for his/her repatriation, inter-alia, by using the Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF).

ICWF aims to meet contingency expenditure incurred by Missions/ Posts for various on-site welfare activities for Overseas Indian Citizens in distress.  As per information made available to this Ministry by 151 Indian Missions/ Posts in July, 2015, Rs.68.86 crores has been spent from ICWF so far.  The total number of beneficiaries of ICWF, as per information received from Indian Missions/ Posts is nearly 56741, in all categories.

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**ANNEXURE-I**

Details of Indians residing illegally and facing deportation proceedings Country-wise and  State-wise furnished by Indian Missions/Posts for Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 2680 regarding ‘Indians Facing Deportation’ for 05.08.2015.

| Sl.  No   | Country              | Indians residing illegally and facing deportation proceedings.                                                                                                                                                                           | Parent State   |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|           | Australia            | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Punjab – 1     |
|           | Austria              | 103                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | *              |
|           | Cyprus               | From time to time Indian nationals mainly students or those engaged in menial jobs face deportation proceeding for illegally staying after completion of studies, termination of employment or expiry of their visas as the case may be. | *              |
|           | France               | Many illegal persons are brought to the Mission by French police for identification as Indians.  Only those who are identified as Indian nationals are deported back to India by the French Government.                                  | *              |
|           | Germany              | 4105  (4018 with supposedly Indian citizenship)                                                                                                                                                                                          | *              |
|           | Indonesia            | A few cases of overstay are reported but they go back to India after paying penalty charges.                                                                                                                                             | *              |
|           | Ireland              | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | *              |
|           | Jordan               | 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | *              |
|           | Korea (Republic of)  | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Tamil Nadu -1  |
|           | Lebanon              | 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | *              |
|           | Lithuania            | 5 (EC were issued during the year 2014 to illegal Indian nationals for their deportation to India)                                                                                                                                       | *              |
|           | Luxembourg & Belgium | Yes, due to privacy laws, Belgian authorities do not share information                                                                                                                                                                   | *              |
|           | Malaysia             | Yes, no exact data available                                                                                                                                                                                                             | *              |

Contd/…2

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|    | Nepal        | As per Indian Mission, due to free movement of nationals of both countries through the border pursuant to Indo-Nepal Friendship Treaty and non-requirement of work permit, all Indian nationals residing in Nepal are pursuing different occupations and forms of livelihood. In view of this, there is no procedure prescribed for deportation of Indian nationals.   | *                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|----|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    | Netherlands  | 29                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Most of the illegal claim to belong to  Punjab  *                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|    | Norway       | 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Punjab – 3  Kerala - 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|    | Philippines  | 8                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Punjab-7  *                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|    | Poland       | 5 (EC were issued during the year 2014 to illegal Indian nationals for their deportation to India)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | *                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|    | Saudi Arabia | 238 (Riyadh)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | *                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|    |              | 327 (Jeddah)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh-101  West Bengal - 65  Jharkhand - 2  Assam - 2  Gujarat – 1  Andhra Pradesh & Telangana - 43  Tamil Nadu - 35  Jammu & Kashmir - 12  Bihar - 18  Kerala - 31  Uttarakhand - 1  Maharashtra – 3  Karnataka  - 7  Rajasthan - 4  Punjab – 2 |
|    | Ukraine      | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Punjab – 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|    | UAE          | Data not available                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | *                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|    | UK           | 422 ECs were issued during 01.01.2015 to 31.07.2015                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | *                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

Contd/….3

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|    | USA   | 201   | Punjab - 50  Gujarat – 85  Maharashtra - 16  Chandigarh - 1  Kerala - 1  Hyderabad - 1  Haryana  - 8  Telangana  – 5  Tamil Nadu – 2  Andhra Pradesh - 1  Goa – 1  Himachal Pradesh – 1  Jammu & Kashmir – 1  Madhya Pradesh – 1  Mizoram - 1  Uttarakhand - 1  Delhi - 3  West Bengal – 2  # In 20 cases, State-wise details are not available.  ## Data from CGI, Atlanta is not specific enough.   |
|----|-------|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

*	State-wise data is not available.

**	131 Missions / Posts have reported Nil information.