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Canada deports 3,323 Indians in six months, nearly three times US
Canada deports 3,323 Indians in six months, nearly three times US
Canada deported 3,323 Indian nationals in the first six months of 2026, nearly three times the 1,273 Indians the US deported over nearly seven months, according to India's Ministry of External Affairs.…
The Story in Brief
Canada deported 3,323 Indian nationals in the first six months of 2026, nearly three times the 1,273 Indians the US deported over nearly seven months, according to India's Ministry of External Affairs. Canada Border Services Agency data shows Indian nationals became the largest nationality group among deportees, overtaking Mexicans.
Canada's 2026 figure already accounts for 88 per cent of the 3,779 Indians removed in all of 2025, itself a record. Ottawa is enforcing immigration rules more strictly, targeting overstays, rejected asylum claims and visa fraud. The US deported 3,567 Indians in all of 2025, its highest since 2011.
The Indian Opinion
Canada's high deportation numbers feed a lazy narrative that Ottawa is unfairly targeting Indians. The real story is simpler: Canada tightened temporary resident rules, and Indians are the largest group of overstayers. The US figures are lower partly because America's deportation pipeline has different capacity and legal hurdles. What matters is the removal inventory: 7,669 Indians waiting in Canada's pipeline. Watch whether that number falls by end-2026, or whether enforcement is just catching up with past laxity.
Source: newindianexpress.com
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