Envoy: 177 stranded Indians fly home via first repatriation flight from KL
Saturday, 09 May 2020 09:49 PM MYT
SEPANG, May 9 — Indian nationals stranded in Malaysia joined the world’s biggest repatriation exercise organised by the Indian government with 177 of them flying home tonight on the first repatriation flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu. “About 5,000 people have registered so far with the High Commission. Every day we are looking to send back 180 to 250 people and during the first week of the evacuation process will see at least 1,000 Indian nationals travelling back,” he told reporters after sending off the first group at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport , here, today.
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