Indian embassy in Cairo evacuates Indians from Libya

Cairo (PTI) - Amid escalating violence in Libya,
the Indian embassy in the Egyptian capital is continuing its
efforts to evacuate Indians stranded there for the second
consecutive week.
A chartered ship Scotia Prince carrying 1,188 Indian
nationals from Bengazi, second biggest Libyan city, docked at
Alexandria port in Egypt on March 2.
They were immediately flown to India through five
chartered aircrafts.
Scotia Prince has again set sail for Bengazi for a
second evacuation of about 1,146 Indian nationals on March 3
and is expected to arrive in Alexandria back on March 7.
As of on Sunday, 467 Indian nationals have also been
assisted at the Saloum border post between Egypt and Libya.
The Indian Embassy officials stationed at Saloum
facilitated immigration at the border and arranged special
buses to bring them to Cairo.
They have been temporarily accommodated in a hotel and
would be flown to Mumbai, India, mainly through Gulf Air.
The Regional Passport Office in Mumbai along with
various agencies of the central and state government will then
facilitate their travel to their respective hometowns.
The Indian embassy has set-up a delegation at Egypt's
crossing of Salloum on the border with Libya.
The delegation facilitates issuing new travelling
papers for those whose papers were burnt or lost in the
attempt of Indians to flee the chaos there.