Key takeaways

• Multiple outlets report 75 Nepalis were deported to Kathmandu on a charter flight and processed at TIA.
• Reports disagree on the gender breakdown, but not on the total number.
• Nepal Police’s anti-human trafficking unit questioned returnees about routes and facilitators.
• Prior 2025 reporting indicates charter removals to Nepal have occurred repeatedly and officials have referenced more returns on future flights.

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A group of 75 Nepali nationals has been deported from the United States and brought to Kathmandu on a chartered flight, Nepali officials and multiple Nepali media outlets have reported. The total “75” is consistent across major reports, but some details differ. OnlineKhabar and Setopati report 72 men and 3 women, while NepYork reports 69 men and 6 women.

Reports say the deportees arrived at Tribhuvan International Airport on Thursday evening on an Omni Air International charter and were then handled by Nepal’s immigration office and questioned by Nepal Police’s anti-human trafficking unit.

Nepali police and immigration officials have said many returnees in recent months used irregular migration routes (often called “tल्लो बाटो” or “donkey route”), and that questioning at the airport is used to understand how people left Nepal and whether organized networks were involved. OnlineKhabar reports that, among this group, two had overstayed visit visas and one person was deported after failing to renew a permanent resident card despite long US residence.

On the “weekly removal operations through Jan 2026” claim: NRN Times could not find an on-record DHS/ICE statement that specifically sets a weekly Kathmandu flight schedule through January 2026 in the sources reviewed for this incident. DHS and ICE do publicly describe removal flights as frequent worldwide (for example, DHS materials say ICE conducts “dozens” of removal flights every week), but those statements are not Kathmandu-specific.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Context from earlier 2025 reporting suggests more removals to Nepal may continue, because Nepal’s immigration and police data have repeatedly referenced charter-flight returns and additional deportees expected on “upcoming flights” in past cases.