NEW DELHI — State officials gathered Tuesday to extend a warm welcome to 11 youth deported from Australia, celebrating the safe return of citizens who recently paid fraudulent travel agents up to Rs 1 crore each to permanently escape the state's jurisdiction.

The Chief Minister publicly declared the deportees "our own children" and promised full support for their rehabilitation into the local economy they had just risked everything to abandon.

Meanwhile, police announced an unprecedented crackdown on the illegal immigration industry. "We are taking this matter very seriously," said a senior official. "This will be a severe and unyielding operation, much like the one in February when we formed a Special Investigation Team for 30 deportees from the US, or the other one in February when we raided 1,274 immigration firms and registered 24 FIRs. Our cycle of deportations followed by identical press releases remains completely unbroken."

Despite state promises of comprehensive rehabilitation and local job creation, authorities acknowledged minor complications in the integration process. Several returnees reportedly have criminal cases pending in Australia and, much like previous deportees from the United States, have shown a distinct reluctance to cooperate with the police tasked with saving them.

"The government remains committed to showing our youth they have a future here," a state spokesperson said. "With hard work and dedication, these returning citizens can easily rebuild their lives and begin saving up another Rs 1 crore to try leaving again."