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Illegal Indian immigrants in the United Kingdom to be deported back

In return, young Indian professionals will be permitted to live and work in Britain for up to two years

According to British estimates there could be up to 100,000 Indian nationals in the UK who have no legal right to stay in the country
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According to British estimates there could be up to 100,000 Indian nationals in the UK who have no legal right to stay in the country

Ashis Ray London
For years, Theresa May as the British home secretary had pressed for it. After she became prime minister, her counterpart Narendra Modi in 2018 accepted the proposal, then reneged. Modi finally yielded to the demand on Tuesday, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in London signing a memorandum of understanding on migration, which binds India to accelerating the process of illegal Indian immigrants in the United Kingdom being deported home. Where diplomacy is transactional rather than an expression of unconditional ties, it generally becomes a give-and-take. This is indeed the case with current Indo-British relations.
 
On Tuesday, other than