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"They went temporarily into hiding to avoid unwanted attention while deciding what to do", he said.

He also said residents of Alawite neighbourhoods of Baniyas were still hiding in their houses on Monday morning because they were too afraid to venture outside to see if it was safe.

On Tuesday night, many of the same Republican members of Congress who were literally hiding for their lives on Jan. 6 applauded Trump as a conquering hero and their champion.

In the longer term, this could depend on whether there are continued deportations, but for now many of the Indian people-smugglers, locally called "agents", have gone into hiding, fearing raids against them by Indian police.

When police in Wales found two Albanian men hiding in a loft, they were told they had been victims of human trafficking.