The students have been requesting the Canadian government to revoke its decision to deport them as they are personally not at fault, reported Indian Express
Indian students facing deportation in Canada, owing to fake offer letters given to them by Jalandhar-based travel agent Brijesh Mishra and his partners, organised a two-hour protest last Saturday at Chinguacousypark in Brampton, Toronto.
The students have been requesting the Canadian government to revoke its decision to deport them as they are personally not at fault, reported Indian Express. “We have come here in the hope of a great future and have worked hard. We completed our degrees from good Canadian institutes, we got work permits from the government here and our records are all clean. We have been paying all taxes ever since we entered here and now on what basis are we being asked to leave this country,” Inder from Amritsar, one of the protesting students was quoted as saying.
Students who spoke to The Indian Express refused to divulge their last names for privacy reasons. “Our only appeal to the Canadian government is to adopt a sympathetic approach towards all of us as we are all the victims of the travel agent and there should be a mechanism to hold such agents accountable by collaborating with the Indian Government instead of punishing innocent students who have been contributing a lot to the economy of this country,” he said.
The students, who mostly belong to the lower-middle class, said they would continue their protests and rallies till the issue is resolved. Though several organisations have been announcing help, the ground reality is different, they pointed out
The protesters urged the Indian government, particularly the Punjab government, to take up the matter with the Canadian authorities and save the students from mental agony and huge financial losses. Indian police in Jalandhar have registered a case against Brijesh Mishra and his accomplices including Rahul Bhargava and Gurnam Singh.
Bhargava was arrested last month. Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner Jaspreet Singh has cancelled the licence of M/s Education Migration Services owned by Mishra and Bhargava. The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of Jalandhar is probing the case at present. The students, who mostly belong to the lower-middle class, said they would continue their protests and rallies till the issue is resolved. Though several organisations have been announcing help, the ground reality is different, they pointed out.
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