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Indian ship to make last trip from Yemen to Djibouti on Tuesday
Thiruvananthapuram, April 13
An Indian ship
will make its last journey from war-torn Yemen's Hodeidah port to
Djibouti with stranded Indians on Tuesday, an official said here.
Speaking
to IANS, R.S.Kannan, CEO of Roots-Norka (the state agency looking after
the welfare of the Kerala diaspora) said the ship was supposed to
depart on Sunday but for some reason it has been held up.
"With
the Indian embassy in Sana'a now almost closed, it is very difficult to
get information. The officials there had sent out information to those
Indians who wish to return to reach Hodeidah for onward travel to
Djibouti," he said.
Kannan said this would be the last such trip
as two other Indian ships with passengers set sail from Djibouti, on the
horn of Africa, for Mumbai and Kochi on Sunday.
Since evacuation
began from Yemen early this month by both air and sea, close to 3,000
Keralites including more than 2,000 nurses have returned from Yemen.
Kerala
government officials indicated that there are many Keralites who have
preferred to remain in the troubled country and have contended that they
will have an uncertain future if they return.
"Of late what we
have come to know is that there are some of our people who are married
to Yemenese and they also have chosen to stay back there," said Diaspora
Minister K.C.Joseph.