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Phase 2 Evacuation of Indonesian Citizens in Sudan
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Phase 2 Evacuation of Indonesian Citizens in Sudan
Evacuation of Indonesian citizens from Sudan Phase 1 on 23 April 2023
The settled Indian community in Sudan is 150 years old. Luvchand Amarchand Shah, a Gujarati trader, is believed to have been the first Indian to go to Sudan in the early 1860s. There are approximately 3,500 Indians and 1,000 PIOs in Sudan
The government is planning to repatriate the citizens back to Indonesia in rounds once they arrive in Jeddah.
Indians stuck in Sudan are being evacuated on a war footing by the Government of India under Operation Kaveri