Indian Embassy in Doha issues 56 emergency certificates for repatriation

An embassy team visited the Central Prison and Deportation Centre last week to enquire about the welfare of detainees from India, said a release.

The total number of Indian nationals in the Central Prison and the Deportation Centre currently is 219 and 100 respectively.

Since January, 2017, 14 Open Houses have been held, including the Open House held on February 22, 2018. A total of 92 complaints were received during these Open Houses.

Out of these, 68 complaints have been resolved, 24 are under active follow up of the Embassy.

During February, 2018, the Embassy also organised four consular camps at Salwa, Mesaieed, Al-Khor and Dukhan & Zikreet areas and rendered 260 consular services to the Indian nationals.

The grievances brought to the notice of the Embassy related to issues of delayed payment of wages and violations of contract terms and conditions. Ambassador P Kumaran,

Third Secretary (Labour & Community Welfare) Dr M Aleem and other officials met all the complainants, discussed their problems in detail and assured them of the Embassy’s active follow up of their cases with the concerned authorities in the Government of Qatar.

Devis Edakulathur, President and Babu Rajan, Vice-President, Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF), the apex community association working under the aegis of the Embassy for the welfare of Indian workers, along with some other members of the ICBF Management Committee also participated in the Open House.

The Indian Community Benevolent Forum [ICBF] supports the efforts of the Embassy and helps Indian workers through various welfare measures, including supply of foodstuff, transport support, medical assistance and other minor assistances. During February, 2018, the ICBF helped such 38 Indian nationals.