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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
Coronavirus: More than 50,000 Indians repatriated from Ras Al Khaimah since June
Nearly 400,000 Indians have left the UAE for India since repatriation flights started in May
Ramola Talwar Badam
23 September, 2020
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