The Punjab government has asked for the intervention of External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar to help the 700 Indian students facing possible deportation from Canada.

The students may be deported from the country as authorities in Canada found the admission letters of their institutes to be fake.

Punjab Non-Resident Indian Affairs Minister Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal in a letter to Dr. Jaishankar said the students have been cheated by fraudsters. "I shall be highly grateful if you again look into the matter personally and take up the matter with the concerned agencies including the High Commission of Canada and the government of Canada so that these students can be saved from being deported," said Dhaliwal.

The students had applied for their study visas via Education Migration Services, headed by a person named Brijesh Mishra.

Students facing deportation have initiated a protest on Airport Road in Mississauga, Canada since May 29. The protest started because a student was asked to leave by the Canadian authorities by June 13.

A similar case happened in Australia in April when four Australian universities banned the enrollment of Indian students from specific states like Punjab and Haryana, also because of fraudulent applications. Two more universities later followed suit.