Lok Sabha Question No. 76 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Indians Stranded Abroad
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.76

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## INDIANS STRANDED ABROAD

76.     SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Indians stranded in foreign countries who have been rescued and brought back by the Indian Government;
- (b) the  different   measures   taken   in   achieving   the   above-mentioned goal;
- (c) the details of the countries from which these Indians were brought back; and
- (d) the State-wise details of the rescued Indians?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

(a) to (d) The Government of India has accorded the highest priority to ensure   the   safety   and   well-being   of   Indian   nationals   abroad.   As   per information available in the Ministry, the number of Indians who were stranded in foreign countries, and have been rescued and brought back during the period April 2014 to December 2017 by the Indian Government from countries affected by war, internal strife and natural disasters, is 1,01,336.   This figure also includes repatriation of Indian nationals from abroad for various other reasons including those caught in situations, impacted by economic slowdown in the Gulf region and facing difficulty due to employment related issues.  Details are given at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

|   S. N o. | Name of Country   |   Number of persons whom assistance was extended during May 2014 to December 2017 | Domicile of individual                                                                               |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Afghanistan       |                                                                               184 | Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Haryana, Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand        |
|         2 | Algeria           |                                                                                81 | Bihar, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan                                                |
|         3 | Azerbaijan        |                                                                                45 | Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Punjab, Karnataka, Rajasthan                                   |
|         4 | Bahrain           |                                                                               403 | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Gujarat, Kerala                            |
|         5 | Belarus           |                                                                                 7 | Punjab, Uttarakhand, Bihar                                                                           |
|         6 | Bangladesh        |                                                                                33 | West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi , Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh                                     |
|         7 | Brazil            |                                                                                 1 | Tamil Nadu                                                                                           |
|         8 | Brunei            |                                                                                 3 | Kerala                                                                                               |
|         9 | Cambodia          |                                                                                19 | Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh                           |
|        10 | Canada            |                                                                                 4 | Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar                                                                    |
|        11 | China             |                                                                                47 | Kerala, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan                                    |
|        12 | Colombia          |                                                                                14 | Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan                                             |
|        13 | Congo             |                                                                                 1 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                       |
|        14 | Cote D' Ivoire    |                                                                                 7 | Hyderabad, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala                                                           |
|        15 | Cuba              |                                                                                 1 | Punjab                                                                                               |
|        16 | Cyprus            |                                                                                 4 | Haryana, Delhi                                                                                       |
|        17 | Denmark           |                                                                                12 | Punjab, Andhra Pradesh                                                                               |
|        18 | Egypt             |                                                                                12 | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh                                                                           |
|        19 | Ethiopia          |                                                                                15 | Gujarat, Haryana, Delhi, Punjab                                                                      |
|        20 | Fiji              |                                                                                 6 | Maharashtra, Punjab                                                                                  |
|        21 | Germany           |                                                                                 2 | Haryana                                                                                              |
|        22 | Ghana             |                                                                                33 | Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu                                                       |
|        23 | Hungary           |                                                                                 4 | Punjab                                                                                               |
|        24 | Indonesia         |                                                                                52 | Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Orissa,                                                    |
|        25 | Iran              |                                                                               162 | Haryana, Gujarat, Assam, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Delhi, Kerala                     |
|        26 | Iraq              |                                                                              6664 | Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Telengana, Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana,Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West Bengal |
|        27 | Ireland           |                                                                                 1 | Karnataka                                                                                            |
|        28 | Israel            |                                                                                11 | Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kerala                                     |
|        29 | Jamaica           |                                                                                 6 | Maharashtra, Haryana, Gujarat                                                                        |
|        30 | Jordan            |                                                                                86 | Kerala, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Orissa, Kerala               |

|   31 | Kenya               |    24 | Punjab, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat                                                                                                                                                    |
|------|---------------------|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   32 | Korea (Republic of) |    18 | Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Orrisa, Punjab, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh,                                                                                                                                        |
|   33 | Kuwait              | 12753 | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana                                                                                                                                                                              |
|   34 | Lao PDR             |    16 | Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|   35 | Lebanon             |    12 | Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi                                                                                                                                                                  |
|   36 | Libya               |  1395 | Punjab, Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka                                                                 |
|   37 | Madagascar          |     6 | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|   38 | Malawi              |     1 | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|   39 | Malaysia            |  1747 | Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, J&K                                                                                                       |
|   40 | Maldives            |    35 | Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   41 | Malta               |  3788 | Punjab, Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Assam, Gujarat, Bihar, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Orissa, Himachal Pradesh |
|   42 | Mauritius           |     2 | Gujarat, Odisha                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|   43 | Morocco             |     1 | Goa                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   44 | Myanmar             |    11 | Maharashtra, Sikkim, West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                       |
|   45 | Nepal               |    71 | Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal                                                                  |
|   46 | Netherlands         |   922 | West Bengal, Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   47 | Oman                |  5948 | Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab                                                                                                    |
|   48 | Pakistan            |     3 | Delhi, West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|   49 | Palestine           |     4 | Bihar, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   50 | Panama              |     1 | Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|   51 | Papua New Guinea    |     6 | Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab                                                                                                                                                                         |
|   52 | Peru                |     2 | Gujarat, Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   53 | Poland              |     7 | Tamil Nadu, Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|   54 | Portugal            |    10 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|   55 | Qatar               |  2636 | Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                  |
|   56 | Russian Federation  |    63 | Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Punjab, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal                                                                                                                                     |
|   57 | Saudi Arabia        | 45843 | Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bihar, Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab, West Bengal, Telangana                                                                       |
|   58 | Senegal             |    63 | Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala                                                                                                                    |
|   59 | Seychelles          |    36 | Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bihar, Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                     |
|   60 | Singapore           |    65 | Kerala, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Haryana, West Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra, Rajasthan                                                                                                             |

| 61   | Slovak Republic          |      1 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                        |
|------|--------------------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 62   | South Africa             |      8 | West Bengal, Punjab, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha                                                                   |
| 63   | Sri Lanka                |   2951 | Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka                                                      |
| 64   | Sudan                    |      3 | Jammu &Kashmir, Tamil Nadu                                                                                                           |
| 65   | South Sudan              |    153 | Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Karnataka                                                    |
| 66   | Suriname                 |      2 | Delhi, Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                 |
| 67   | Sweden                   |      2 | Kerala                                                                                                                               |
| 68   | Switzerland              |      4 | Delhi, Maharashtra, Punjab                                                                                                           |
| 69   | Syria                    |     11 | Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan                                                                                                    |
| 70   | Tajikistan               |      8 | Tamil Nadu, Goa                                                                                                                      |
| 71   | Tanzania                 |     10 | Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka                                                                 |
| 72   | Thailand                 |     13 | West Bengal, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Assam                                                   |
| 73   | Trinidad& Tobago         |     18 | Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh                                                                                       |
| 74   | Tunisia                  |   3332 | Himachal Pradesh, Uttar pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra                                             |
| 75   | Turkey                   |     26 | Delhi, Maharashtra, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Haryana, Assam Rajasthan, Punjab, Jharkhand                              |
| 76   | Uganda                   |     75 | Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala,                                               |
| 77   | United Arab Emirates     |   4832 | Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Karnataka                                    |
| 78   | United Kingdom           |      2 | Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal                                                                                                           |
| 79   | Ukraine                  |   1082 | Not Available                                                                                                                        |
| 80   | United States of America |    257 | West Bengal, Gujarat, Assam, Goa, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangan, Punjab, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan |
| 81   | Vietnam                  |     56 | Punjab, West Bengal, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Haryana, Punjab, Odisha, Maharashtra                     |
| 82   | Yemen                    |   5034 | Uttar Pradesh, Goa, West Bengal, Punjab, Haryana, Kerala, Telangana, Bihar                                                           |
| 83   | Zambia                   |     47 | Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala                                                                                              |
|      | Total                    | 101336 |                                                                                                                                      |