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‘Undocumented’ Nepalis deported by the US arrive in Kathmandu

Kathmandu: Nepalis, whom the US administration deported citing that they had no official documents to stay in the US, arrived in Kathmandu Wednesday morning. They arrived in Kathmandu on a chartered flight. According to Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) Spokesperson, Rinji Sherpa, the charted aircraft, from the Portsmouth International Airport in New Hampshire, with 14 people onboard including the crew members landed at TIA at 10:15 am. The aircraft will be returning to the US via Albania at 3:00 pm Thursday.

With US President Donald Trump assuming his office for the second term, the US has continued the deportations of Nepalis found without official documents back to home. Meanwhile, the deported Nepalis have been handed to the Nepal Police for further investigation. According to TIA- based Office of the Immigration, they were handed to the police following the completion of immigration procedures. Immigration Officer Yagya Raj Aryal also confirmed that one more Nepali was deported from the US via the regular flight of Qatar Airways. Prior to this, the US had deported 27 Nepalis.