(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Indian embassy has received 2,402 labour complaints from workers since January, an official statement said.
The number stood at 2,027 at June-end and rose by 375 in July. 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.
Arvind Patil, President, Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF), which works under the aegis of the embassy for the welfare of workers, was present.
A total of 198 Indians were at the deportation centre and 94 in the central prison and an embassy team visited the facilities to enquire about their welfare.
The embassy registered 18 deaths in July, while the number registered since January is 165. The number of deaths registered in 2014 was 279.
Following requests from Qatari authorities for travel documents for inmates at the deportation centre, the embassy issued 14 emergency certificates in July and seven air tickets to Indians in distress to return home. ICBF provided six air tickets to those who could not afford travel expenses to facilitate their deportation. It also supports workers with financial and medical assistance.
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