India has embarked on a"massive" operation calling up passenger jets and naval ships to bring back some of the hundreds of thousands of nationals stuck abroad due to coronavirus restrictions, the government said.
More than 200,000 requests for repatriation flights have been made by Indian nationals caught abroad.A government statement said repatriation flights would start bringing nationals home from Thursday, and that Indian embassies and high commissions were preparing lists of"distressed Indian citizens". The consulate in Dubai said that it alone had received almost 200,000 applications, appealing on Twitter for"patience and cooperation" as India undertakes the"massive task" of repatriation.The oil-rich Gulf is reliant on the cheap labour of millions of foreigners-mostly from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka-many of whom live in squalid camps far from the region's showy skyscrapers and malls.
So far some 20,000 Indians in the US have signed up for the evacuations, The Times of India reported. "I'm homeless now after I lost my job in March, please take me to India or else I will be in big trouble here in Dubai, please help me, sir," Saroj K Swain wrote on Twitter.
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