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Most deported foreigners in 2023-24

January 2 , 2025 3 days 262 0
  • A total of 2,331 foreigners were deported by the Foreigners Regional Registration Officers (FRROs) from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024.
  • Of these, 1,470 people belonged to Nigeria, 411 people were from Bangladesh and 78 belonged to Uganda.
  • During the same period, 1,112 Long-Term Visas (LTV) were granted by the Home Ministry for minority communities from Pakistan.
  • LTVs, ranging from a year to five years, are precursors to citizenship.
  • A total of 1,699 citizenship certificates have been granted by both the Union and State governments.
  • Around 98 lakh foreigners visited India during the period and the highest number of visitors were from Bangladesh (21,08,734).
  • It is followed by United States of America (17,37,549), United Kingdom (9,86,954), Australia (4,72,913), Canada (4,00,417), Sri Lanka (2,85,664), Malaysia (2,80,578), Germany (2,39,271), Nepal (2,02,197) and Singapore (2,00,708).
  • The 10 countries accounted for 70.27% of the total arrival of foreigners.

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