Kabaddi under fire from Immigration Canada

Kabaddi is often under fire amid allegations of breach of visa conditions and even human smuggling involving players from the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana. Half of the Kabaddi players who went to Canada to play in various tournaments between 2015 to 2017 have failed to return back to India, a report claims. Preetinder Singh Grewal reports…

In early 2018, Ashleigh Kelly, Advisor, Office of the Deputy Immigration Minister, Canada addressed a memorandum titled ‘Kabaddi Pilot Program Outcomes 2015 to 2017’ to the Immigration Minister.

It claimed that 261 players from India were facilitated to enter Canada to play Kabaddi between 2015 and 2017 but 123 failed to return back. Know the full story

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Nearly half of the Kabaddi players who went to Canada never returned