NEW DELHI : Indian nationals stranded due to the covid-19 crisis in Europe and Central Asia, besides Russia and Thailand, will be evacuated in the second phase of the “Vande Bharat" mission, starting 15 May, two people said on Friday requesting anonymity.
In the first phase, Indian nationals are being brought back from 12 countries. The second phase will focus on countries with concentrations of Indian students, the first person said. “We will be looking at expanding the scope of the repatriation to include other places that we have not covered so far—Russia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States, including the Central Asian republics) countries and also countries in Europe, which were not on the earlier list." Germany, Netherlands,