After an outrage over the treatment meted out to Indian deportees from the US, which echoed also in Parliament, external affairs minister S Jaishankar strongly defended in both Houses India’s decision to accept illegal migrants sent back in an American military plane saying there had been no change in the past US procedure for the flight.

Amid protests by the opposition outside the Parliament over the "inhuman manner" in which illegal Indian migrants were deported from the US, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Thursday that the government is in discussions with the US to ensure deported Indians are treated fairly,

His statement came a day after a US military flight brought back 104 Indians accused of entering the US illegally. One of the deportees told the BBC they had been handcuffed throu