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Added on the 09/04/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Colombo, July 23 (EFE/EPA).- Tharindu Ravisha, who had been working at a resort in Dubai, has now been stranded in the United Arab Emirates for four months, waiting endlessly to return home in Sri Lanka.The 22-year-old housekeeper at Cove Rotana Resort in Ras Al Khaimah has repeatedly contacted the Sri Lankan embassy in Dubai seeking repatriation.He has exhausted almost all his savings to survive during the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: FAMILY MEMBERS OF SRI LANKAN MIGRANT WORKERS STUCK IN WEST ASIAN COUNTRIES, A "WOMEN'S MOVEMENT FOR FREEDOM" MARCH HELD ON JULY 8 2020 IN FRONT OF THE LABOUR SECRETARIAT IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, SOUNDBITES: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER AND REPRESENTATIVE OF FRONTLINE SOCIALIST PARTY IN SRI LANKA, NUWAN BOPAGE (IN ENGLISH)
Mumbai, May 27 (EFE/EPA).- Huge crowds of migrant workers gathered at Mumbai's railway station on Wednesday in hope of boarding a train home.Millions of suddenly jobless migrant workers are moving back to their village after India eased coronavirus lockdown. (Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI). SHOT LIST: MIGRANTS FROM DHARAVI GOING TO LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS RAILWAY STATION TO BOARD A TRAIN FOR THEIR VILLAGE, IN MUMBAI, INDIA.
Denpasar, May 5 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesian authorities issued travel restrictions ahead of the Eid Al Fitr holidays to reduce Covid-19 contagion while people travel from big cities to their native rural areas for the celebrations. (Camera: MADE NAGI).SHOT LIST: INDONESIANS WAIT FOR THE BUS AHEAD OF EID AL-FITR HOLIDAYS AT MENGWI BUS STATION IN BADUNG, BALI, INDONESIA.
New Delhi, Apr 20 (EFE).- New Delhi has been put under a six-day lockdown until next Monday, April 5.India is witnessing an intense second wave of the virus which has led several states including Maharashtra and the capital, New Delhi and Madhya Pradesh to impose new restrictions. (Camera: DAVID ASTA ALARES).SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF DAILY LIFE AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
Panama City, Feb 3 (EFE).- Edwin Moncada and Ruth Elías said a melancholy goodbye Wednesday at the main transport terminal of Panama City to their little Lucas, a five-month-old baby, who will return with his aunt and 140 others to the homeland of his parents, Nicaragua.The group of Nicaraguans has been demanding and processing the necessary permits with the authorities of their country and Panama for almost a month in order to have a trip back home after running out of means of living due to the severe economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS).SHOT LIST: NICARAGUANS PREPARE TO RETURN HOME AT THE BUS TERMINAL IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA, AFTER RUNNING OUT OF MEANS OF LIVING DUE TO ECONOMIC CRISIS CAUSED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC.