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A live social media video highlighting the plight of a large group of Indian workers has led to their eventual rescue and rehabilitation.
The video showed a group of 40 Indian workers, including three women, sleeping in public park benches in a northern emirate.
Majority of them arrived on a one-month visit visas and were unable to convert their residency status into a permanent one. Some have been living without documents for two-three years.
Most men are from the Southern states of Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana and few others are from Uttar Pradesh, and one is from Punjab.
Some were able to find menial part-time jobs that didn't pay, but have not been able to afford proper meals since August 1.
Their visas have been issued from Abu Dhabi (one), Al Ain (three) and the remaining visit visas from Sharjah and Dubai.
The Indian Consulate jumped into action after coming to know about the sad plight of the workers through the members of a local Indian association.
Speaking at the consulate premises senior diplomats at the Consulate General of India on Tuesday said the 40 workers, who were abandoned by recruitment agents, will be considered as amnesty seekers and will be repatriated to India.
Consul General of India Vipul, urged workers not to come to the UAE on short-term visit visas in search of jobs. He also asked the workers to submit names of their agents back home in India and in the UAE.
Vipul said: "The consulate will pay for their housing and food till they leave and will check with local authorities on their visa and residency status. For employees with company visas, we will urge their respective firms to help with the repatriation costs."
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