Imphal, March 21 -- Indian authorities deported 27 Myanmar nationals, including a minor, to their Myanmar counterparts at the Moreh gate check post bridge in Manipur, which marks the border between the two countries, on Friday, officials said.

Indian authorities repatriated the Myanmar nationals who had entered India illegally and detained them at the foreign detention center near the Manipur central jail in Imphal East district after completing their jail terms.

At around 11 am on Friday, Indian government officials handed them over to Myanmar immigration officers at the Indo-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Moreh, India's last border town in the Manipur sector.

On Thursday, the authorities transported the detained Myanmar nationals from ...