The Union
Home Minister Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde and Minister of Public
Security of Vietnam Mr. Tran Dai Quang
signed here a treaty on transfer of sentenced prisoners. The Treaty will
help the Indian prisoners imprisoned in Vietnam or vice-versa to be near their families for serving remaining part of their sentence. This would facilitate the process of their social rehabilitation.
help the Indian prisoners imprisoned in Vietnam or vice-versa to be near their families for serving remaining part of their sentence. This would facilitate the process of their social rehabilitation.
The
Government of India has so far signed such Agreements with the Governments of
U.K., Mauritius, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Bangladesh, Korea, Saudi
Arabia, Iran, Sri Lanka, UAE, Maldives,
Thailand, Turkey, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel and Russia. Negotiations have also been
concluded with theGovernment of Canada,
Hong Kong, Brazil, and Spain. These treaties have helped in repatriation of 43
Indian prisoners from Sri Lanka, Mauritius and UK. Similarly 7 prisoners of UK
and France where repatriated to their respective countries.
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