Indian Social Forum urges Indian Government, Embassies to help stranded Indians in UAE

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Riyadh, Dec 30, 2020:    Amid detection of new mutated Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia as preventive measures have imposed the ban on travelersarriving Saudi Arabia, the preventive measures taken by Saudi Authorities during COVID 19 since beginning is appreciable.Recently after Saudi Arabia opened its border and airspace for travelersreturning back to  KSA, Many Indians  including  people from Karnataka  were returning back to KSA via Dubai, Bahrain and other GCC countries with  majority travelling via UAE,  the  sudden entry ban to KSA has put the travelersin trouble who were in UAE and other countries undergoing mandatory quarantine before travelling to KSA.

Many  of  stuck  Indians  are  the  ones  who  are  returning  back  to  KSA  after  months  of unemployment  and  are  working  on  minimum  wages,  they  are  not  able  to  afford  the additional stay in UAE due to expenses like food, accommodation etc., hence Indian Social Forum UrgesMinistry of external affairs, Karnataka state government, Indian Embassies to look into this matter with utmost priority and make required arrangements to Indian community stuck in UAE until travel ban is lifted.