NEW DELHI: The Government of India is actively trying to work towards the return of its workers back to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Thousands of Indians had to leave the UAE as businesses closed and employees were placed on unpaid leave during the pandemic earlier this year.

According to the Consulate General of India in Dubai in August, more than a lakh of Indians had been registered for repatriation to India from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al-Quwain, Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah. Since the beginning of the Vande Bharat Mission- a mega exercise to repatriate stranded Indians back to their country. The close relationship between India and the UAE, the Government tries to take exceptional measures as a concern of the community through a series of supportive initiatives.  India continued to provide essential goods to the UAE even at the peak of the Covid-19 crisis including during the Ramzan period. It allowed special flights for that purpose. The warm relationship between India and the UAE was recently on display when the Indian cricket board moved the prestigious Indian Premier League to the UAE as conditions were not conducive in India to hold the mega event. Sources report that the objectives of EAM's mission were to facilitate the early return of Indians who came back from the Gulf.

The discipline of the Indian diaspora and the proactive support of Indian missions and community organisations has been widely noticed. The UAE has just imposed visa restrictions on Pakistan. EAM is expected to visit other Gulf kingdoms ins the coming weeks.

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