Kochi: The state government is likely to introduce chartered flights to bring in Keralites who want to return from the UAE taking advantage of the amnesty declared there.
Immigrants from other countries who are staying in the UAE without proper documents can return if they are not involved in any criminal case, as per the two-month amnesty that began on December 4.
"We are considering chartering flights as a last option to bring in those Keralites who are staying in the UAE illegally if they are absolutely unable to pay their travel bills. A flight chartering company based out of the Fujairah airport in the UAE has agreed to operate flights to bring in Indians during the period. The company had operated chartered flights to India during an earlier Haj season,'' a top official of the non-resident Keralite affairs (NoRKA) department told TOI here.
The chartering company representatives had reportedly made this assurance during their talks with NoRKA officials who had visited the UAE last week to make arrangements for the return of Keralites under the scheme.
11/12/12 T Ramavarman/Times of India
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Immigrants from other countries who are staying in the UAE without proper documents can return if they are not involved in any criminal case, as per the two-month amnesty that began on December 4.
"We are considering chartering flights as a last option to bring in those Keralites who are staying in the UAE illegally if they are absolutely unable to pay their travel bills. A flight chartering company based out of the Fujairah airport in the UAE has agreed to operate flights to bring in Indians during the period. The company had operated chartered flights to India during an earlier Haj season,'' a top official of the non-resident Keralite affairs (NoRKA) department told TOI here.
The chartering company representatives had reportedly made this assurance during their talks with NoRKA officials who had visited the UAE last week to make arrangements for the return of Keralites under the scheme.
11/12/12 T Ramavarman/Times of India
