An injured labourer Rajesh Kumar has been offered an opportunity to go back home to India under the two months amnesty that was offered by Dubai for persons with overstaying fines. Mr. Kumar a 48 year old man from Uttar Pradesh had a fracture in his leg at his workplace but never got treatment for the same because he had no insurance and his visa had expired. For instance, Mr. Kumar had been living in the UAE illegally after losing his job in 2012 so as to look for another job so as to feed his house hold.
He had been working in the UAE without a valid visa for 12 years and had not seen his family after he came to the country in 2003. He lives and depends on the other workers’ generosity after an accident that rendered him immobile ending with paralysis of the lower part of his body. Mohammed Ali, a school bus driver from Pakistan was the man who helped Mr. Kumar, which took the latter, a wheelchair, to the Al Awir Amnesty Centre.
It was on arrival at the airport that the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs-Dubai (GDRFA) officials realized that Mr. Kumar was sick. They attended to the medical needs of the kids and also contacted the Indian consulate to facilitate for the travel papers. In his turn, Lt. Gen. Mohammed Al Marri, Director General of GDRFA-Dubai, stressed that the amnesty programme is beneficial as it allows people to start a new life without looking at the fines imposed and possible legal repercussions they would face.
Courtesy to the initiative, Mr. Kumar after visiting the country for 21 years he will be able to go back home without responding to an entry ban and this will allow him to visit UAE after sometime.
