Summary:

• On Sunday night, 37 Nepali citizens were deported from the United States to Kathmandu via a chartered flight.
• Among them was a person who had migrated to the USA 10 years ago through the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery.
• The deportees included 32 men and 5 women, brought through Omny Air International via Dhaka.
• They were initially questioned by Nepal’s Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau and Immigration Department at Tribhuvan International Airport.
• Officials sought information about illegal immigration agents and human traffickers.
• Cooperation from deportees is expected to be low because they hesitate to reveal names of those who helped them due to local connections.
• Previously, 8 Nepali deportees in 2024 also refused to disclose their facilitators.
• These individuals often pay between NPR 5 million to 9 million to travel through risky routes crossing jungles, rivers, and seas via Middle East, Europe, and South America to reach North America.
• The stricter immigration policies under former President Donald Trump have increased deportations of undocumented immigrants, including Nepalis.

From January to May 2025, a total of 140 Nepali citizens were deported from the USA.- January: 6

• February: 20
• March: 30
• April: 26
• May: 58

Historical data:

• 2021: 35 Nepalis deported
• 2022: 22
• 2023: 24
• 2024: 52

This shows a continuing trend of deportation of Nepali nationals from the USA due to illegal immigration despite the risks they take to migrate.

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