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Article

6 Aug 2020

Author:
Aihik Sur, New Indian Express

Kuwait: 16 Indian construction workers without pay & work during COVID-19 lockdown seek govt. repatriation

"With approval of Expat Quota Bill, Indian workers stuck in Kuwait seek government help," 3 Aug 2020

Migrant workers from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have started raising their voices, demanding the Indian government to repatriate them back to the country...

This group of migrants... had no source of income since the lockdown was imposed in Kuwait. They have been residing in a small building...16 of them in a single room...

[One worker said] "We work in a construction company here. We have been trapped here for a long time... Neither have they given us salary for the last five months nor they are letting us return home"...

Gulf migrant activist Basanth Reddy, said: "These workers are facing a lot of issues. They have no work, no salary. They approached the Indian Embassy. But there was no response...They have been neglected and ignored. Though we have been trying to arrange food for them, they are fast losing hope."