Ministry Of External Affairs Will Facilitate Request For 'Permanent Settlement' By Sikhs, Hindus Who Arrived From Afghanistan As Per Rules

Eleven members of minority communities of Afghanistan, including a Sikh community leader who was kidnapped and later released, arrived in Delhi on Sunday 26th July after India granted them visas and facilitated their travel.

The Ministry of External Aairs (MEA) on Thursday said the request of members of Sikh and Hindu communities, who arrived here from Afghanistan earlier this week, for permanent settlement in India would be examined and facilitated as per existing rules and policies.

MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava also said that apart from those who returned, the ministry was in touch with others who would like to return from Afghanistan and would facilitate their return.

 

"Our mission in Kabul, despite the COVID situation, facilitated the visas for the return of the first group which arrived here," Their cause for permanent settlement will be examined and facilitated as per existing rules and policies.

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Dr.Gurdeep KaurASssociate ProfessorSri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa CollegeUniversity of Delhi