India ready to take back ‘undocumented’ emigrants – foreign minister

India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stated in Washington on Wednesday that New Delhi is “firmly opposed” to any unlaful migration of its citizens to other countries, including the US, and is open to the “legitimate return” of such Indians to their homeland.

Jaishankar, who is in the US to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony, has also held a series of meetings with the Trump administration’s newly appointed officials. During his meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the sides discussed the issue of illegal migration raised by Washington, the minister told reporters.

“We have always taken the view that if there are any of our citizens who are not here legally, if we are sure that they are our citizens, we have always been open to their legitimate return to India. So, it’s not a…