The Hindu : Let `Ibrahims' stay on in Kerala: CM

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Tuesday, Aug 12, 2003

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Let `Ibrahims' stay on in Kerala: CM

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM AUG 11. The Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, has said that the State Government wants all Kerala-born Pakistan passprt holders like C. Ibrahim, who was sought to be deported the other day, to stay on in the State.

Replying to a submission by Mathai Chacko (CPI-M) in the Assembly today, the Chief Minister said the Government would communicate its stand to the Centre.

Ibrahim, he said, was sought to be deported as he did not produce the documents demanded by the Central authorities.

Mr. Antony said the Government would certainly do the follow-up work if Kerala-born Pakistan passport holders, facing deportation, submitted applications individually.

The Government viewed it as a humanitarian issue that could not be handled purely on legal grounds, Mr. Antony added.

Earlier, Mr. Chacko pointed out that around 400 persons were facing an uncertain future on account of their holding Pakistan passports.

Ibrahim himself had ended up in Pakistan after he was promised a job in West Asia. He had worked there for about eight years before returning to India.

His case was tragic because attempts to deport him were being made even as he was finding it difficult to make both ends meet, the CPI(M) member said.

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