A government minister in India has called for Nigerians to be deported from the country.
Dilip Parulekar said on Monday that Nigerian nationals create problems in Goa and across India as a whole.
Parulekar, asked to comment on accusations of rape and kidnapping against two Africans levelled by a woman at Mapusa police station on Sunday, said that Nigerian students commit crimes such as dealing drugs to prolong their stay, adding a nationwide law to deport them should be drawn up in a month.
“Nigerians create problem not just in Goa, but in the entire country. Nigerian students come to Goa and India to study, they get a charge filed against them, make it a judicial matter and then try to stay in India or Goa and indulge in drugs and other unwanted things,” Parulekar said.
“Two years ago I had heard they had blocked the (national highway 17) highway. India should have a strict law, where the police force can catch them and deport them back. But that law is not in India at the moment, therefore it is a weak point in matters of governance.”
The minister’s comment come after African nationals including Nigerians in New Delhi staged a protest against rising attacks which have been described as racist.