Hundreds of Indian students in Canada have hit the streets in protest against the possibility of deportation. The students, mostly from Punjab, claim that they were admitted to Canadian universities and colleges on the basis of fake offer letters. They allege that travel agents in India were responsible for this scam.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has recently issued deportation letters to as many as 700 Indian students. The letters were issued after the CBSA found that the students' admission offer letters were fake.
Many protesting students claim that they arrived in Canada in 2018, but their application for permanent residency was denied when it was revealed that they had submitted fake letters.
"When we arrived in Canada our agent told us that the seats were full in the colleges where we had received admission letters. He told us that universities were overbooking so he can transfer us to another college. Since we did not want to lose a year, we agreed," said Chamandeep Singh, a protesting student, in an exclusive interview with NDTV.
"We changed college and finished our studies but three-four years later, we were told by the CBSA that the admission letter on the basis of which we had received our visas was fraudulent," he added.
