HDERABAD/NEW DELHI: Air India on Sunday night halted 19 Indian understudies from getting onto its flight to San Francisco subsequent to being educated by US powers that the two colleges to which they had been conceded were under "examination". Air India said the move was gone for keeping the understudies from being "troubled". An announcement issued by the national bearer refered to the predicament of 14 understudies who had before gone on Air India flights to San Francisco to the same colleges however were extradited.
Deepak, one of the 14 ousted understudies, said they had all been issued substantial visas taking after a freedom by the US Department of Homeland Security. "On the off chance that the colleges were boycotted, why did they issue us the visa?" he pondered. "We were dealt with like hoodlums and sent back," said another understudy who has been expelled by the US powers.
Air India said it got word on December 19, 2015 from the US Customs and Border Protection office that two colleges, Silicon Valley in San Jose, California and North Western Polytechnic College in Fremont, California are under investigation. The correspondence from the office further expressed that understudies who touched base into San Francisco were not permitted to enter the US and were extradited back to India, Air India said.
"Previously, we have seen that understudies who secured affirmation in those organizations have been expelled to India when they arrive there. To evade humiliation to them and save their cash, we kept them from loading onto the flight," an Air India official in Hyderabad said.
"Understudies go on a restricted ticket to the US and, in the occasion of extradition, bring about enormous use to purchase a ticket back to India on most readily accessible administration. Further, seats are frequently not accessible on any aircrafts to go back," the Air India proclamation said.
"Considering the circumstance, as a prudent measure and to keep away from impediment, understudies occupied for go to take admission to these colleges are not being acknowledged on Air India flights," the announcement said.
The national transporter, which did not permit the 19 understudies to get onto the flight at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, has chosen not to acknowledge understudies made a beeline for these colleges till the time it got leeway from Air India's US office for their travel.
Air India has offered a full discount and waived all charges, for example, cancelation and rescheduling expense. The carrier said it will begin tolerating understudies making a trip to join these colleges, at no extra cost, when freedom is gotten from Air India's US office.
US Consulate authorities in Hyderabad said they are attempting to get more data on the circumstance. "We are without a doubt mindful of the reports that a few understudies were denied passage on the flights to the US. Right now, we don't have any additional data to impart to you on this specific issue, however we are looking for clarity on the circumstance.
Whenever reached, a migration official at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport said his area of expertise had nothing to do with the understudies not being permitted to get onto the flight. "The understudies were not issued tickets. It is the carrier's obligation to clear travelers. We don't have anything to do with the issue," he said.
In the in the interim, one of the colleges being referred to said on its site that "completely false" reports are being scattered by certain media outlets and different gatherings that the organization has been boycotted by the US government.
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