INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The children of the Indian detainees who are being kept at detention centres in the United States have been separated from their parents
The Indian embassy has established contact with two detention centres where nearly 100 Indians, mostly from Punjab, are detained for
allegedly illegally entering the country through its southern border
The Indian government, however, has not been given consular access to the detainees.A group of 52 Indians, mostly from the Sikh and
Christian community, are at a detention facility in Oregon and 40 to 45 Indians are at another detention centre in New Mexico
The report of the separation of the Indian children from their parents comes amid global over Donald Trump's controversial "zero tolerance"
immigration policy that saw children being separated from their parents who entered the US illegally.In a statement, the Indian embassy said
that a consular official visited the detention facility in Oregon and that the embassy officials will also be visiting the New Mexico centre
"We have established contacts with both the detention facilities
A consular official has visited the detention facility in Oregon and another one is scheduled to visit the detention facility in New Mexico
facility had spoken about the alleged inhuman condition of the immigrant detainees
Most of the Indians at the detention centres don't speak English and are communicating with the help of translators.Sources in the Indian
embassy said it could be difficult to establish the nationality in certain cases as many of the detainees destroy documents to seek
immigration under refugee status, thus what India can do to help them could be limited.(With inputs from PTI)
