Well nearly A 50,000 Indians abiding in Saudi Arabia were banished till mid-September following an condonation announced by the Saudi Arabia government.
Most of them being unskilled workers, include workers without valid residency papers or work permits as well as Haj or Umrah overstayers. They were later on issued emergency travel documents by the Indian missions in Riyadh and Jeddah during the amnesty period.
According to T C Barupal, first secretary at the Indian Embassy who looks after community welfare issues, who was quoted by Arab News, “this is a record repatriation exercise carried out by the Indian diplomatic missions in cooperation with Saudi government agencies.
He also added that there were plans to set up an Indian Workers Resource Center for providing information and a counselling service to members of the Indian community. The centre will also have IT facilities, a facility for web-based authentication capability to track down all complaints registered and to extend all possible help to workers.
