Stranded

Children, pregnant women among 300 Indians stranded at airports in Italy, where over 1,000 have died

Where are we supposed to go?” a woman, stranded at an airport in Italy, who had booked her tickets to Kerala, was heard saying in a video which has gone viral on social media platforms. Many like her stranded at airports in Italy can be heard making desperate pleas for being airlifted to their home state of Kerala.

“You tell us where are we supposed to go? We have come from Kerala to work here in Italy. We are expatriates. We have left our jobs and homes. You tell us what we are supposed to do? Where will we go other than our state?” another woman passenger asked.

Small children and pregnant women are among the 300-odd stranded Indians in the airports in Italy, where death toll passed 1,000 on Thursday, with 189 new fatalities in just over two weeks.

Another passenger said Emirates Airlines and the Italian authorities were prepared to take them to India, but it was the Indian government which was insisting on the certificate, they said.