Non Residential Keralites Deported Form Kuwait

1 June 2013
Thiruvananthapuram

The sudden arrival of NRK from Saudi Arab shocked Kerala. The deportees, who arrived at the New Delhi airport, said a large number of expats were being caught and detained in jails every day for reasons not known to them. According to them, over 4000 Indians, including 1000 Keralites, were languishing in various jails in the Gulf country.

Harish, one of the 100 deportees who arrived at New Delhi, said the deportees were being sent from the prison to the airport straight. They are not allowed to take their belongings, meet their family members and collect their earnings.The India and Bangladesh embassies have expressed serious concern over lack of transparency in the actions. A report in an Indian community portal said the two embassies had complained that the actions were mostly arbitrary.

The Kerala government came to the rescue of the Keralites after the deportees described their plight to the media. The Non-Resident Keralites Affairs department took them to the Norka cell in Delhi and provided them with clothes, food and other basic facilities they required.

Most of the deportees themselves have also no idea. They said they were physically roughed up when they asked about the reason for their deportation. The deportees said 95 per cent of them had their valid residency documents.The legislator has urged the ministers of External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs to take up the matter with Kuwaiti authorities and ensure that the Indians are not harassed.

Source– http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2013/June/international_June1.xml&section=international&col=

Found Useful? Do Share: Non Residential Keralites Deported Form Kuwait: