Drive to identify illegal foreign nationals in UP, detention camps soon

THE Uttar Pradesh government is launching a large-scale identification drive against illegal immigrants, beginning in western UP’s Rohilkhand region. The operation will cover Bareilly, Badaun, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur districts under the Bareilly division.

- NAMITA BAJPAI @ Lucknow

Divisional Commissioner Bhupendra S. Chaudhary has told district magistrates to set up temporary detention centres for foreign nationals found without valid documents. Officials said these centres will keep the individuals there until their documents are checked, and if needed, they will be sent back to their home countries. The move follows Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s recent directive to all districts to “identify, detain and