In May 2020 it was reported that 400 Indian workers who had been laid off by their employer in January were stranded in Oman after their visas expired in December 2019. The workers face overstaying fines and they are not covered by Oman's amnesty programme during the Covid pandemic. At least one worker stated that he is unable to pay for food and vital medicines and had not been paid for ten months.
後續行動: One worker who registered for repatriation was contacted his embassy who stated they cannot afford the overstaying fine; the company also refuses to pay the fine.
The company response to the Resource Centre denied all allegations except that of delayed wages; they stated that 40 workers were waiting on 2-3 months salary.
Undocumented Indians in the Arab Gulf countries will not benefit from the Vande Bharat Mission [Indian govt. repatriation programme] as they do not have money to clear their overstaying fines...
Oman had waived off overstaying fines for people whose visa had expired only after the third week of March...
Similar is the condition of undocumented workers in other Gulf countries, except in Kuwait and Bahrain where amnesty has been announced...
the UAE government extended the validity of all visas... that have expired after March 01, 2020...
“If Oman government declares an amnesty, then that would be the perfect way to deal with the situation,” [one] social worker said, adding that the Indian government should also expand the scope of Vande Bharat Mission to repatriate [overstaying] workers.
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