Nearly 2,000 Indian nationals deported last year: Canada

CASES ARE RELATED TO ORGANISED CRIME, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF CANADA AND ITS CITIZENS

- Anirudh Bhattacharyya

TORONTO: Nearly 2,000 Indian nationals were removed from Canada last year, a record number.

According to data of removals by citizenship provided to the Hindustan Times by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the number of Indians who were made to leave the country in 2024 was 1,932, a record high.

In fact, that number was over 50% higher than the figure for 2023, which was 1,129. Indians accounted for 11.5% of those removed in 2024, up from 7.5% in 2023. It was also three times that recorded five years earlier, in 2019, when 625 or 5.6% of the total were Indian citizens.

The total number of removals undertaken by CBSA increased from 15,124 in 2023 to 16,781 last year.

The cohort which featured the largest number of removals was from Mexico, with its nationals accounting for 3,286 in 2023 and 3,579 in 2024.