Guwahati: The Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Iqbal Singh Lalpura announced on Sunday that the NCM had relocated Indians stuck in Libya with the aid of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian Embassy in Tunisia.
The emigration was disclosed by Singh during a press conference. He claimed that the NMC is always working to improve the lot of minorities. They advocate on behalf of minorities so that crimes against them are never committed.
Moreover, he stated that the National Minorities Commission and Foreign Affairs Minister are in constant communication to ensure that minorities living outside of India don’t have any issues.
He revealed that the incident first gained attention in February. It was revealed that some of the individuals had been transported illegally from India to Dubai and subsequently to Libya.
Since India doesn’t have an embassy in Libya, the NMC immediately contacted Foreign Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to discuss the situation.
He revealed that the injured Indians were also suffering from a lack of food and water.
First, four people were rescued and on February 13 they returned home.
While eight people remained lost and had no supplies or money. The remaining eight people returned to India on March 2, , the Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Iqbal Singh Lalpura informed while speaking to the media.
He expressed gratitude to the EAM and let Indians living abroad know that the MEA is available to assist them if they run into any problems.
Further, he requested that the Punjabi government file a lawsuit against those responsible for their predicament.
Libya has been suffering violence and unrest ever since the fall of the late leader United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) regime in 2011.
The country has been suffering escalating violence and unrest ever since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011.