After an outrage over the treatment meted out to Indian deportees from the US, which echoed also in Parliament, external affairs minister S Jaishankar strongly defended in both Houses India’s decision to accept illegal migrants sent back in an American military plane saying there had been no change in the past US procedure for the

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has said New Delhi is engaging with Washington to ensure the adequate treatment of illegal migrants when they are deported from the US. India's opposition has alleged ill-treatment of 104 Indian nationals who arrived back in their home country yesterday on a US military aircraft.

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Thursday that New Delhi is engaging with the U.S. to ensure that illegal Indian immigrants are not mistreated while being deported after opposition parties protested against the treatment of a group that was sent back this week.

Indian lawmakers have voiced rage over the U.S. allegedly flying dozens of deportees halfway around the world in handcuffs and leg chains.