Lapsed Visa Threatens 121 Youth from Returning Home

BANGALORE: The dreams of 121 youth, who came to Iraq with an intenstion to help their families back in Jalandhar and Fatehgarh Sahib, is in a plight since they are unable to return back home, as the visitor’s visa through which they had arrived, has been expired for over two months,as reported by TNN.

According to some humanitarian groups such as Punjab Welfare Society of Kuwait, The youngsters have been held captive by the construction company that had employed them illegally because if the government finds these migrant laborers, the company would have to pay a fine of $500 per individual.

To further add on to their worries these youngsters have been locked in the basement of a construction company and provided with little provision of food and water for over a week which would only help survive. The anxious youths have been making consecutive calls to their families to ensure the transport and security for evacuation by approaching the Indian embassy.

The only remedy as per Anantdeep Singh, general secretary of Punjab Welfare Society, is exemption. The appointed official is said to reach Iraq as soon as possible and help these laborers escape. The Officials of Kuwait embassies in Iraq have been petitioned to regard an alternative route to escape from Kuwait.
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