KATHMANDU, April 19: A total of four Nepali nationals who were deported from the United States arrived at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Saturday. With their deportation, a total of 67 Nepali nationals have been deported from the US by the Donald Trump administration.
According to the airport authorities, a chartered flight carrying three of the deportees landed at the TIA at 4 pm while one of them returned to Nepal in a commercial flight.
As per the TIA Security Office (TIASO) of Nepal Police, the three individuals who were deported on the chartered flight had reportedly entered the US illegally via Mexico.
Pakistan to expel 1 million illegal foreigners by January 2024
Authorities at the airport's immigration office received the returnees and are processing their cases. Once formalities are completed, they will be handed over to the Anti-Human Trafficking Bureau of the Nepal Police, according to airport officials.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Narendra Kunwar at the AHTB confirmed that the trio used the ‘donkey route’ to enter the US illegally and that they will be handed to the AHTB after they meet their relatives.
“Once they reach Nepal, we treat them as fellow Nepalis and let them meet their relatives as a form of confirmation of their identities,” he said, “After that, we will initiate an investigation into how they entered the US.”
Previously, a group of nine Nepali nationals were deported by the US on March 5. AHTB investigation had revealed that all of them were detained from the southern US border during the Joe Biden administration.
The deportees had disclosed that they paid between Rs 4 million to Rs 7 million to ‘agents’ to arrange the journey to the US border. However, not a single one of them revealed the name of the agents.
