Find out what an 11-year-old Polish girl wrote to PM Modi

PANAJI: Few weeks ago, a request had been made by an 11-year-old Polish girl, who was brought up in India and was studying in Goa, to the prime minister and the external affairs minister to allow her and her mother to return to India, a place that they "call home".

In the month of April, her mother Martushka Kotlarska had filed a petition at the former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj to reunite her with her daughter. However, she was denied entry at the Kempegowda international airport after being allegedly blacklisted for having overstayed her visa term. For a few days, to pick up her daughter Martushka, was permitted re-entry on humanitarian basis.

Currently, the mother and daughter are in Cambodia.

Eleven-year-old Alicja Wanatko, in a hand-written letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had urged him to remove her and her mother's name from the blacklist and allow them to return to their life in Goa. She had also stated that her friends, animals, school and happiness lie in the country.

"I love my school in Goa, the beautiful nature, and I am missing my volunteering in the animal rescue centre there where I was helping take care of cows. My mum could not re-enter India on March 24 after a short trip out, and we were told we were blacklisted due to our overstay. It just felt so unfair because it was not due to our fault," she stated in her letter to the PM.