‘Don’t wait indefinitely for settlement of dues’The government on Monday asked stranded Indian workers in Saudi Arabia to return without waiting for unpaid salaries from their Saudi employers, indicating that negotiations to secure their dues had not made headway. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj used the social media to reach out to the affected Indian nationals asking them to return without “waiting indefinitely” for their dues. “Indian workers in Saudi Arabia – please file your claims and return home. The announcement came even as Mr. Singh was in Saudi Arabia to seek settlement for the unpaid dues for the nationals. Since the beginning of the crisis, two groups of workers were repatriated from Saudi Arabia amid signs that most of the workers were staying back seeking unpaid dues.

Source: The Hindu August 22, 2016 18:56 UTC