New Delhi, May 29 -- Since January 2025, nearly 1,100 Indians have returned or have been deported from the United States, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.

Speaking to reporters at a press briefing MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said 1,080 Indians have returned to India since January this year, the same month that Donald Trump took over as the country's President.

"The update on the numbers is that since January 2025, we have 1,080 Indians who have returned or have been deported from the US," he said.

"Of these, 62 per cent of them have come on commercial flights," Jaiswal added.

The MEA spokesperson said that the Indian and the US governments share a 'close cooperation' over the migration issue and New Delhi ...