India2UAE: Emotional reunions at Dubai airport as stranded Indians arrive

India2UAE: Emotional reunions at Dubai airport as stranded Indians arrive

All passengers were asked to carry travel permits from the General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs (GDRFA).





'Pure joy' and relief prevailed at Dubai International Airport as the first batch of UAE residents stranded in India arrived on Sunday. After four long months, they are finally reunited with their loved ones and can get back to their jobs and businesses in the country.

When the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation announced that commercial flights from India to the UAE would be reopened from July 12 to 26, stranded expats rushed to book their tickets. All passengers were asked to carry travel permits from the General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs (GDRFA) or the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) - plus a negative Covid-19 test result from a testing centre accredited by the Indian Council of Medical Research.

A father to two tiny tots, Shine, was emotional as he anxiously waited outside the Terminal 2 of DXB. All he could think of were his wife Parvathy and kids Bhanipillai and Aadith, whom he could finally embrace after over a hundred days.

The moment he saw them from afar - he ran to them and carried his children in