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A passenger of an Emirates airlines flight checks in at Dubai International Airport. Karim Sahib / AFP
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Nearly 400,000 Indians have left the UAE for India since repatriation flights started in May. AFP
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An immigration official checks documents of passenger at Dubai Airport. Wam
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Passengers at Dubai International Airport wait for their flight to Calicut in Kerala. Courtesy: Indian Consulate
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An Indian woman carries a child as she waits at the Dubai International Airport before leaving the country on a flight home on May 7. Karim Sahib / AFP
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Health workers check passengers who arrived on an Emirates Airlines flight from London at Dubai International Airport amid the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. AFP
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Health workers check passengers who arrived on an Emirates Airlines flight from London at Dubai International Airport amid the coronavirus pandemic. AFP
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Passengers of an Emirates airlines flight, departing to the Australian city of Sydney, wear protective gear at Dubai International Airport on May 22. Karim Sahib / AFP
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Passengers of an Emirates airlines flight line up to be checked by health workers at the Dubai International Airport. Karim Sahib / AFP
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Travellers walk through Dubai International Airport to board a repatriation flight. Karim Sahib / AFP
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A passenger of an Emirates airlines flight checks in at Dubai International Airport. Karim Sahib / AFP
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Nearly 400,000 Indians have left the UAE for India since repatriation flights started in May. AFP
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An immigration official checks documents of passenger at Dubai Airport. Wam
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Passengers at Dubai International Airport wait for their flight to Calicut in Kerala. Courtesy: Indian Consulate
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An Indian woman carries a child as she waits at the Dubai International Airport before leaving the country on a flight home on May 7. Karim Sahib / AFP
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Health workers check passengers who arrived on an Emirates Airlines flight from London at Dubai International Airport amid the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. AFP
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Health workers check passengers who arrived on an Emirates Airlines flight from London at Dubai International Airport amid the coronavirus pandemic. AFP
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Passengers of an Emirates airlines flight, departing to the Australian city of Sydney, wear protective gear at Dubai International Airport on May 22. Karim Sahib / AFP
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Passengers of an Emirates airlines flight line up to be checked by health workers at the Dubai International Airport. Karim Sahib / AFP
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Travellers walk through Dubai International Airport to board a repatriation flight. Karim Sahib / AFP
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A passenger of an Emirates airlines flight checks in at Dubai International Airport. Karim Sahib / AFP
Embassies issue warning as Dh315 a week fines introduced for expired UAE visas
Officials said some jobseekers stayed on beyond the amnesty in the hope of finding work
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