DOHA: The Indian embassy has received 1,789 labour complaints since January, an official statement said yesterday.
The number of complaints received last year was 4,132.
The statement follows the monthly Open House the embassy holds to address urgent consular and labour-related problems of its nationals.
Ambassador Sanjiv Arora, Deputy Chief of Mission R K Singh and other officials met complainants and discussed their problems. Present was Arvind Patil, President, Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF), which works under the aegis of the embassy for the welfare of workers.
A total of 32 Indians were at the deportation centre and 154 in the central prison and an embassy team visited the facilities to enquire about their welfare.
The embassy registered 119 deaths in May.
Following requests from Qatari authorities for travel documents for inmates at the deportation centre, the embassy issued 38 emergency certificates in May and 12 air tickets to Indians in distress to return home. ICBF provided five air tickets to those who could not afford travel expenses to facilitate their deportation. It also supports workers with financial and medical assistance.
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