Dunki Deportations
By Xavier Bage
@franxav (13951)
India
February 6, 2025 9:03am CST
Is the word " Dunki" new to you? It's a slang to describe illegal immigrants in the US, UK or Australia or any other country where opportunities of a better life are possible.
The Dunki route agents take exorbitant amount of money from those willing to be in the US ( in this case) and take them through dangerous forests of the central America or the cold snowy routes of Canada. Many lose their lives before they reach the " promised land".
Trump adminstration has adopted a policy of deporting these illegal immigrants . The first group of illegal Indian immigrants, 104 of them were loaded on a US army aeroplane and brought to Amritsar, in Punjab .
The news was almost suppressed but it is hotly being discussed in social media platforms. One thing that has caused anger is that the illegal immigrants were chained and handcuffed.
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10 responses
@DaddyEvil (141821)
• United States
6 Feb
I've never seen the term "dunki" before... I've heard the term "mules" used like that when bringing people from Mexico or other South American countries into the US or Canada. The mules are the agents bringing the illegals into the US. Otherwise, the people themselves who are brought here are just illegal aliens to most Americans.
Interesting... Illegals are usually treated as illegals and handcuffed here. I've seen nothing of this anywhere I've been online. I read in other social media sites but don't interact in any besides myLot.
Edit to add: Oh, I see, it's Indian influencers who are trying to get that term used instead of mules and illegal aliens... It's all because of some Indian guy who wants attention for his movie, as far as I can tell...
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
6 Feb
In Chile, people who bring illegals are called "coyotes". They ask for a lot of money. I´m not against any immigrant who wants to work. It is the bad guys I´m against of. We are all immigrants in the Americas, except for the Natives.
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@DaddyEvil (141821)
• United States
6 Feb
@marguicha Even the "natives" come from Europe if you go back far enough. I didn't immigrate to the US, that was my forefathers who came here... People born in a country are just as native as people who lived here for centuries.
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@arunima25 (88984)
• Bangalore, India
6 Feb
I was not aware of the term till I saw the movie with the same title and on the same issue. It is a shame that how people go to such extent and illegal act. It's the right thing to deport them. And why not treat them like criminals when they are one? They bring disgrace to their home nation.
Similar things should be done to illegal immigrants here. Sadly some people cry for it because they are the vote banks.
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@RebeccasFarm (92063)
• United States
6 Feb
Hmm interesting never heard it before that term.
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@rsa101 (38189)
• Philippines
7 Feb
I suppose they are referred to by a different name in each country. In my nation, they are commonly referred to as "TNT," which stands for "Tago Ng Tago," which means "always hiding." That is the phrase we typically use to describe those citizens who travel abroad illegally in the hopes of obtaining citizenship or, at the very least, being permitted to work there without the necessary paperwork. It is regrettable that many people choose that path in an attempt to improve their lives, but many of them would just be deported back to their native countries after being detected, and they would not look forward to returning there.
@allknowing (141014)
• India
6 Feb
That is being discussed in Parliament and Opposition has taken objection to the manner in which they were deported.
@JudyEv (346571)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb
I guess that, sadly, there will be a lot more of this in the future.
