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Charity bears travel costs of deportees

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ABU DHABI — The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Charity Foundation has borne the travel expenses of deportees, who include inmates and violators of the residency and labour laws ahead of Eid Al Adha.

Published: Tue 18 Dec 2007, 9:48 AM

Updated: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 2:19 AM

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An official source at the foundation said that “the decision is prompted by Eid Al Adha to enable the deportees enjoy Eid days among their relatives at home”.

The source added that the foundation is keen to offer all kinds of support to the needy in the country and abroad, indicating that the incurring of deportees expenses “is a genuine expression of assisting the needy”.

The deportees covered by the decision expressed their deep gratitude to the foundation, which gives them hope to travel home to spend Eid holidays with their families.



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