In mid-May, junior external affairs minister V. Muraleedharan had assured some of the stranded Malayalis that a repatriation flight would be organised out of Beirut within a week for all Indians stuck in Lebanon. ShutterstockIndians keen to leave Lebanon due to the collapse of the economy, the pandemic and anti-government rioting remain stranded in the middle-eastern country despite ministerial and official-level assurances over a fortnight ago of a repatriation flight from Beirut. In mid-May, junior external affairs minister V. Muraleedharan had assured some of the stranded Malayalis that a repatriation flight would be organised out of Beirut within a week for all Indians stuck in Lebanon. The mission then tried to organise a chartered flight at $500 per passenger but that too did not materialise. According to the Indian embassy’s website, about 9,000 Indians live in Lebanon.

Source: The Telegraph June 09, 2020 20:37 UTC