Efforts on to repatriate Indians stranded in Mogadishu: Minister

India's Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian High Commission in Kenya are making joint efforts to bring back 33 Indians who are stuck in Mogadishu, Somalia. It is believed that the Indian group has been forcefully held back by a Somalian company.

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday his ministry and the Indian High Commission in Kenya are working together to repatriate 33 Indians who are stranded in Mogadishu, Somalia.

The High Commission of India in Kenya has taken up its predicament with the Somalian authorities, he added.

“The MEA and our High Commission in Nairobi are working on the relief and return of 33 Indians stuck in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Indian Commission in Kenya has taken up their predicament with the Somalian authorities. We are also in touch with Somalia's embassy in India. Hope for an early resolution," Jaishankar tweeted.

According to reports, 33 Indian labourers, including 25 workers from Uttar Pradesh, have been allegedly held hostage by a company in Somalia for the last eight months.

The workers had joined the company 10 months ago. In the first two months, the company treated them well, but from the last eight months, the workers were allegedly not paid their salaries.