Indian expatriates, stranded in UAE, reach residences in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
Around 600 Indians residing in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were forced to take shelter in two community groups in the UAE after the airport closures were announced late last year.
Share Via Email
| A+A A-
Passengers watch aircraft on the tarmac at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. (File Photo | AP) By PTI
DUBAI: Majority of Indian expatriates stranded in the UAE due to airport closures, following alert of a more potent strain of the coronavirus, have reached their countries of residence in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, according to a media report on Monday.
Air India s all women crew arrive in Bengaluru after flying longest flight from San Francisco
Many Indian expats who were stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to airport closures while they were on their way to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, have finally returned to the designated destinations with some taking buses to Riyadh, a media report said.
Around 600 Indian expats from Saudi and Kuwait were sheltered by two community groups in the UAE after they were stranded due to sudden airport closures in the two neighbouring countries last month, the Gulf News report issued on Sunday said.
At least 350 of the stranded expats were accomodated by the UAE Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) in a building under the Ministry of Health and Prevention in Ajman.
संयुक्त अरब अमीरात में फंसे भारतीय प्रवासी बसों से जा रहे सऊदी loktej.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from loktej.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dubai: The majority of Indians stranded in the UAE due to airport closures on their way to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have returned to their countries of residence, with many taking buses to Saudi Arabia and the rest flying back to both the countries.
Around 600 Indian expatriates from the two neighbouring countries were sheltered by two community groups in the UAE after they were stranded due to sudden airport closures in those countries in December, 2020, to prevent the new strain of COVID-19.
The UAE Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) had sheltered around 350 stranded compatriots in a building under the Ministry of Health and Prevention in Ajman. Another group of around 250 were housed in a workers’ accommodation in Dubai Investment Park by the Indian Cultural Foundation (ICF) volunteers under Dubai Markaz Centre, in tie-up with construction firm Aasa Group.
Dubai: Hundreds of Indians working in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, who have been stranded in the UAE due to airport closures in those countries over the new COVID-19 strain, are waiting to fly to their countries of residence from next week.
Several passengers to the GCC countries were stranded in the UAE when those countries closed borders and stopped air travel on December 21, to curtail the threat of the mutant coronavirus.
Though flight services have resumed, most of these passengers, mainly blue-collar workers hailing from Kerala, have to wait for at least one more week for their onward flights since ticket fares have shot up, the stranded passengers told Gulf News. They said very few would be able to fly this week.