Bangalore airport safe exit for illegal migrants?

Bangalore: Bangalore airport has apparently turned out to be a safe exit point for those who want to illegally sneak out of the country, thanks to the laxity on the part of the immigration officials..
On an average, 40 migrants are annually deported back to Bangalore from various countries for travelling on a fake passport or visa. In the latest incident, the UAE authorities on Friday deported a Sri Lankan national from Dubai after he was found travelling on a stolen visa. Immigration officials at Bangalore airport had cleared Nimala Kasan (21) of Jaffna, who boarded an Emirates Airline flight to Dubai.
According to sources in the Bangalore police, in five years, three persons on an average, have been deported every month. Most of them were Sri Lankan nationals and were sent back mainly from Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, Germany and the U.S.
People who want to travel on fake/incomplete documents preferred to fly from Bangalore as checks were reportedly not strict here, the sources said. In fact, Nimala Kasan was advised by Senthil of Chennai, who allegedly got him the visa, to board a flight from Bangalore and not from any other airport, the sources said.
18/09/07 K.V. Subramanya/The Hindu

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Categories: Airports Sep 2007, Safety Sep 2007