India has repatriated 23 Bangladeshi students who were quarantined after being brought back from China’s Wuhan city by the New Delhi.
The foreign ministry said the Indian government was “generous enough to bring them (from Wuhan) along with Indian nationals free of cost.”
The government was always in touch with these students and also with the concerned authorities of the government of India and took all initiatives for their wellbeing, the foreign ministry said.
As none of them were infected by the coronavirus, the concerned authority of India released them from quarantine facilities for their repatriation to Bangladesh.
Accordingly, 23 students were flown back to Bangladesh by an IndiGo flight on Saturday.
They reached the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at around 14.55 hrs and were later handed over to their family members.
All the cost related to their repatriation from New Delhi to Dhaka were borne by the government of Bangladesh.
The foreign ministry said the Bangladesh government is also taking other necessary measures in coordination with the World Health Organization for the safety and security of all the Bangladesh expatriates living in various countries.
