He said there were about 25,000 Indians who are supposed to leave by May 31, a deadline set for the illegal workers. “Some 21,000 have already been registered with the embassy” which has also finished the process of collecting fingerprints of 15,000 people. This is an important part of the process of the repatriation.”
There are around 6,00,000 Indians who have been working and residing in Oman for the past three decades or so. In order to maintain law and order, the Omani authorities periodically declare amnesty for the illegal workers to leave the country.
