They reached Brazil from Nepal through India, Dubai, Africa and various countries in Europe. They crossed half a dozen countries in South America and reached Mexico. It took them 9 months to cross this route.
Nine Nepalis, who reached America by spending between 50 million and 10 million rupees, were returned home on Wednesday. Trapped by human traffickers, they crossed 14 countries and reached America.
One woman and 7 men, among those deported for illegal entry, were taken off the American chartered plane on Wednesday. Another Nepalese woman arrived on a regular flight of Qatar Airways, informed the head of the immigration office Tirtharaj Bhattarai.
According to Civil Aviation Authority co-spokesman Gyanendra Bhul, the Gulfstream chartered plane of Griffon Air, which took off from Portsmouth International Airport in New Hampshire, arrived at Tribhuvan International Airport at 9:53 am on Wednesday. 9 people have been handed over to their relatives by the Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau of the police after questioning and counseling. During the interrogation, they said that there was no reason to file a complaint as they had gone voluntarily.
We have inquired whether they were involved in smuggling or fraud. But they did not file a complaint against anyone saying that they went voluntarily,'' said Bureau's information officer Superintendent of Police Narendra Kunwar.
Among those returned from America, there are 3 people from Dang, 2 each from East and West Rukum, and 1 each from Doti and Rolpa. According to Kunwar, they traveled to 14 countries to reach America. One came directly from Nepal and the other reached Dubai via India. Then they came to Brazil through various countries in Africa or Europe. From there, he crossed half a dozen countries and entered the United States after reaching Mexico. In this process, they used air and land routes.
They arrived in America 5 to 9 months ago. In this team, they left Nepal on 21 December 2023. The police suspect that the agent who sent them to the US would send them to another country or give them some other assurance even if they had to return. "That's why they should not blame anyone," said an official of the bureau, "we are in constant contact with them."
According to Airport Immigration Chief Bhattarai, since January 7, the US has returned 36 people to Nepal. "There is information that another Nepali will come to Delhi from India on Wednesday night as well," said Bhattarai. According to the Human Trafficking and Trafficking Control Act, 2064, taking a person abroad for the purpose of buying or selling, exploiting, luring, enticing, cheating, luring a parent or custodian to a place or taking them from one place within Nepal to another or abroad or giving them to someone else is considered to be human trafficking and trafficking.
According to airport immigration, people who have been expelled from different countries due to lack of official documents such as visas are coming every day. The Nepali embassy will make a 'travel document' for those who have been expelled from the respective country. Based on that, the immigration at the airport fills out additional form details, takes family details and thumb prints and submits it to the Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police at Babarmahal for additional investigation. On Wednesday, through the same method, the Immigration Office handed over nine people who were returned from America to the police.
