Victoria: Indian nationals stranded in Seychelles will be repatriated next week on two Air India flights organised by the Indian government, the High Commission said on Monday.
The scheduled repatriation flights are part of the 'Vande Bharat' mission, which is an initiative of the government of India to bring home Indian nationals stranded in various parts of the world due to restrictions over air travel to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The flights will take place on June 23 on AI 1912 which will leave Seychelles for Mumbai at 13:50. The second one will be on June 27 on AI 1994 from Seychelles to Chennai and will depart at 13:00.
According to the Indian High Commission in Seychelles "priority will be given to compelling cases of persons in distress, including migrant workers/labourers who have been laid off, short term visa holders faced with the expiry of visa, people with medical emergency/ pregnant women/elderly, those required to return to India due to death of a family member, and students."
The categories chosen for the repatriation flights are as per the standard operating procedure issued by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs, for movement of its stranded citizens issued on May 24.
The Indian High Commission said that it has received requests from a large number of Indian nationals stranded in Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean.
"Based on the registrations received so far, people would be accommodated on these scheduled flights. M/s Satguru Travel Agency in Seychelles has been appointed by Air India to contact the registered stranded citizens, confirm the bookings and issue the tickets. Officials from Satguru shall be contacting the registered travellers shortly for the ticket booking," added the High Commission.
16/06/20 Betymie Bonnelame/Seychelles News Agency
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The scheduled repatriation flights are part of the 'Vande Bharat' mission, which is an initiative of the government of India to bring home Indian nationals stranded in various parts of the world due to restrictions over air travel to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The flights will take place on June 23 on AI 1912 which will leave Seychelles for Mumbai at 13:50. The second one will be on June 27 on AI 1994 from Seychelles to Chennai and will depart at 13:00.
According to the Indian High Commission in Seychelles "priority will be given to compelling cases of persons in distress, including migrant workers/labourers who have been laid off, short term visa holders faced with the expiry of visa, people with medical emergency/ pregnant women/elderly, those required to return to India due to death of a family member, and students."
The categories chosen for the repatriation flights are as per the standard operating procedure issued by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs, for movement of its stranded citizens issued on May 24.
The Indian High Commission said that it has received requests from a large number of Indian nationals stranded in Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean.
"Based on the registrations received so far, people would be accommodated on these scheduled flights. M/s Satguru Travel Agency in Seychelles has been appointed by Air India to contact the registered stranded citizens, confirm the bookings and issue the tickets. Officials from Satguru shall be contacting the registered travellers shortly for the ticket booking," added the High Commission.
16/06/20 Betymie Bonnelame/Seychelles News Agency
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