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India to evacuate nationals stranded in Yemen

Xinhua, March 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

Indian government is preparing to carry out an evacuation from Yemen by sending two ships to the coast of the country to bring home Indians stranded there, officials said here Friday.

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has already set up a 24- hour control room to monitor the situation and respond to queries, said the officials.

Since all the airports in Yemen are closed, the plan is to bring people to the neighboring country Djibouti by ships and from there to India by aircraft, or bring Indians to Saudi Arabia by road before flying them home, a government release said.

Indians from the southern state Kerala residing in Yemen informed the government that the passports and certificates of those working in hospitals have been held back, which is creating problems for their return to home.

Some 3,000 Indians, mostly from Kerala, are staying in Yemen.

Saudi Arabia and some other Muslim countries have launched a military operation against rebel forces in Yemen. Endi