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.