Indians Returning From Gulf

The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia on Friday confirmed the return of an Indian national who was stranded in the Gulf nation after being duped by an agent who had promised getting him a job in Qatar.

For Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the release marks a political success.

As India began to evacuate its stranded citizens from the Gulf nations due to COVID-19 linked travel restrictions, the country's envoys have assured the worried expatriates that there would be more flights in the coming days for people with compelling reasons to return home.

Every evening, three generations of worried Angatt family women meet outside a half-built bungalow in Venniyur village in Kerala.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said the centre's response to the state government's package for rehabilitating expatriates returning from Gulf countries was not 'favourable'.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said in Rajya Sabha that 55,730 Indians have returned from Saudi Arabia since August 2015 and the government was closely monitoring the situation in Gulf countries - which are plagued by economic downturn due to fall in crude oil prices.

Most of the 'women left behind' married the men when they returned for a short break from working abroad, and 90 percent of them have never travelled to their spouse's country of work.

The return of an Indian housemaid working in Saudi Arabia, who broke her back trying to escape abusive employers, has raised fresh concerns over the working conditions of domestic workers in Gulf countries.

With around 3,600 Indians having returned from Kuwait this year, India on Friday said it has asked the Gulf country's government to "provide time and space" to expatriates overstaying or on irregular visas to return on their own or to regularise their stay as per its law.

An estimated 1.5 lakh Indian workers have come back home from the UAE due to economic crisis and recession, the Lok Sabha was told on Wednesday.

The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia on Friday confirmed the return of an Indian national who was stranded in the Gulf nation after being duped by an agent who had promised getting him a job in Qatar.

For Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the release marks a political success.

As India began to evacuate its stranded citizens from the Gulf nations due to COVID-19 linked travel restrictions, the country's envoys have assured the worried expatriates that there would be more flights in the coming days for people with compelling reasons to return home.

Every evening, three generations of worried Angatt family women meet outside a half-built bungalow in Venniyur village in Kerala.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said the centre's response to the state government's package for rehabilitating expatriates returning from Gulf countries was not 'favourable'.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said in Rajya Sabha that 55,730 Indians have returned from Saudi Arabia since August 2015 and the government was closely monitoring the situation in Gulf countries - which are plagued by economic downturn due to fall in crude oil prices.

Most of the 'women left behind' married the men when they returned for a short break from working abroad, and 90 percent of them have never travelled to their spouse's country of work.

The return of an Indian housemaid working in Saudi Arabia, who broke her back trying to escape abusive employers, has raised fresh concerns over the working conditions of domestic workers in Gulf countries.

With around 3,600 Indians having returned from Kuwait this year, India on Friday said it has asked the Gulf country's government to "provide time and space" to expatriates overstaying or on irregular visas to return on their own or to regularise their stay as per its law.

An estimated 1.5 lakh Indian workers have come back home from the UAE due to economic crisis and recession, the Lok Sabha was told on Wednesday.