The Union government has informed High Court of Kerala on Monday that steps are being taken to ensure the safety and repatriation of all Indians who are stranded in Ukraine.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had compiled the details of over 19,000 Indians in that country and steps were being taken to repatriate them to India, free of cost. Four Union Ministers would be sent to countries bordering Ukraine, to coordinate this, submitted S. Manu, Assistant Solicitor General.
The Centre made the submission on a petition filed by the Kerala High Court Advocates Association and a lawyer-couple, seeking a directive to the MEA to take proactive steps to repatriate students from Kerala who were stranded in Ukraine. The lawyer couple said that their daughter Thekkedath Athira Shaji, a medical student, was among those stranded in war-torn Ukraine. The war began as she was waiting at the airport. They were unable to make any contact with their daughter since February 24.
