DOHA: The Indian embassy has received 3,117 labour complaints from workers since January, an official statement said.
The number of complaints received last year was 3,943. It stood at 2,027 at June-end and rose by 375 in July, and reached 2,778 in August. The labour and community welfare section received 3,943 complaints last year. The statement follows the monthly Open House the embassy holds to address urgent consular and labour-related problems of its nationals.
Ambassador Sanjiv Arora, Deputy Chief of Mission R K Singh and other officials met complainants and discussed their problems. Present was Arvind Patil, President, Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF), which works under the aegis of the embassy for the welfare of workers.
A total of 203 Indians were at the deportation centre and 98 in the central prison and an embassy team visited the facilities to enquire about their welfare. The embassy registered 11 deaths in September, while the number registered since January is 209. The number of deaths registered last year was 279.
Following requests from Qatari authorities for travel documents for inmates at the deportation centre, the embassy issued 22 emergency certificates in September and 23 air tickets to Indians in distress to return home. ICBF provided five air tickets to those who could not afford travel expenses to facilitate their deportation. It also supports workers with financial and medical assistance.
The Peninsula
DOHA: The Indian embassy has received 3,117 labour complaints from workers since January, an official statement said.
The number of complaints received last year was 3,943. It stood at 2,027 at June-end and rose by 375 in July, and reached 2,778 in August. The labour and community welfare section received 3,943 complaints last year. The statement follows the monthly Open House the embassy holds to address urgent consular and labour-related problems of its nationals.
Ambassador Sanjiv Arora, Deputy Chief of Mission R K Singh and other officials met complainants and discussed their problems. Present was Arvind Patil, President, Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF), which works under the aegis of the embassy for the welfare of workers.
A total of 203 Indians were at the deportation centre and 98 in the central prison and an embassy team visited the facilities to enquire about their welfare. The embassy registered 11 deaths in September, while the number registered since January is 209. The number of deaths registered last year was 279.
Following requests from Qatari authorities for travel documents for inmates at the deportation centre, the embassy issued 22 emergency certificates in September and 23 air tickets to Indians in distress to return home. ICBF provided five air tickets to those who could not afford travel expenses to facilitate their deportation. It also supports workers with financial and medical assistance.
The Peninsula
