Indian workers in Saudi, PLEASE RETURN HOME: Sushma Swaraj

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Indian workers in Saudi, PLEASE RETURN HOME: Sushma Swaraj

Published: Mon 22 Aug 2016, 1:22 PM

Last updated: Mon 22 Aug 2016, 7:14 PM

India's Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj today urged those Indians, who have lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia, to file their claims and return to India.
Known as the Twitter minister, Sushma Swaraj once again took to the microblogging site and asked the workers to file their claims for unpaid dues with their employers and return at the earliest. The minister said that all claims would be settled even after the workers returned to India.
"Indian workers in Saudi Arabia - please file your claims and return home. We will bring you back free of charge," she tweeted.

Indian workers in Saudi Arabia - please file your claims and return home. We will bring you back free of charge.
- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 21, 2016

When Saudi Government settles with the Companies which have closed down, your dues will also be paid.
- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 21, 2016

Please appreciate that settlement of claims will take time. There is no point in waiting there indefinitely.
- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 21, 2016

In distress @MEAQuery
Passports/Visa @CPVindia
Reg agents @ProtectorGenGOI
Saudi Arabia @IndianEmbRiyadh
Pl reach me for #SOS
- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 21, 2016

She also said that settlement of claims will take time and that there was no point in waiting in Saudi Arabia indefinitely.
Earlier this month Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh had rushed to Saudi Arabia after large number of Indian workers sought Indian government's intervention in taking up their difficulties with the Saudi authorities.