Coronavirus: 320000 people return home on repatriation flights from UAE – The National

Coronavirus: 320000 people return home on repatriation flights from UAE – The National

Officials confirmed more than 40,000 UAE residents stuck abroad have been granted approval to return













































An immigration official checks documents of passenger at Dubai Airport. Wam







Passengers at Dubai International Airport wait for their flight to Calicut in Kerala. Courtesy: Indian Consulate







An woman carries a sleeping child as she waits at the Dubai International Airport to be repatriated to her home country. AFP







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







Health workers check passengers who arrived on an Emirates Airlines flight from London at Dubai International Airport amid the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. AFP







Health workers check passengers who arrived on an Emirates Airlines flight from London at Dubai International Airport amid the coronavirus pandemic. AFP







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







Passengers of an