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The monthly Open House to address urgent consular and labour issues/cases of Indian nationals in the State of Qatar was held at the Embassy on October 26. The grievances brought to the notice of the Embassy related to issues of delayed payment of wages and violations of contract terms and conditions.
Ambassador P Kumaran, Third Secretary (Labour & Community Welfare) Dr M Aleem and other officials met all the complainants, discussed their problems in detail and assured them of the Embassy's active follow up of their cases with the concerned authorities in the Government of Qatar.
Devis Edakulathur, President and Babu Rajan, Vice-President, Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF), the apex community association working under the aegis of the Embassy for the welfare of Indian workers, and some other members of the ICBF Management Committee also participated in the Open House.
An Embassy team visited the Central Prison and Deportation Centre to enquire about the welfare of detainees from India. The total number of Indian nationals in the Central Prison and the Deportation Centre currently is 215 and 77, respectively.
Since January, 10 Open Houses have been held. A total of 52 complaints were received during these Open Houses. Out of these, 40 complaints have been resolved, 12 are under active follow up of the Embassy.
The Embassy has issued 31 Emergency Certificates (ECs) in October to Indian nationals for their repatriation to India. The Embassy also issued 18 air tickets to needy Indian nationals for their return in October.
During October, the Embassy also organised four consular camps at Salwa, Mesaieed, Al Khor and Dukhan and Zikreet areas and rendered 209 consular services to the Indian nationals.
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