Gulf carriers worst visa offenders

Kochi:  International airlines operating in the gulf sector are the worst offenders when it comes to flying in passengers without valid visas, the Bureau of Immigration (BoI) has informed the high court.
In an affidavit filed to the court through senior central government counsel T Sanjay, BoI said a central law making air carriers liable for transporting passengers, who don't have visas, was strictly implemented at Cochin International Airport in February last year.
The law, Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act, was implemented based on instruction from the home ministry and BoI headquarters to streamline the security measures put in place to ensure that only genuine passengers travelled through the airport, the affidavit said.
Human trafficking through Nedumbassery airport, allegedly with the aid of senior police officers, was revealed last year, and a CBI probe is going on.
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