Sharon Ryan, who has been stuck in a rural part of India since that country's lockdown began, is among a group of South Africans who will be returning home on Sunday.
Cape Town - As countries around the world continue to conduct repatriation flights to bring home their citizens trapped abroad by the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of South Africans stranded in India said that it felt as though their government had left them behind
In an interview with Lotus FM’s Breakfast Xpress, Sharon said that managing under lockdown in India has been very difficult because she has had access to absolutely no resources. According to Ryan, the challenges are far greater for the other expatriates she has encountered through the Stranded in India group, especially after the hotels they were living in were closed due to lockdown preventive measures imposed by the Indian government.
“We couldn’t just sit around waiting for something to happen. This petition gave us the opportunity to highlight our plight and mobilise our supporters onto one platform.”According to Ryan, they petitioned and called on the South African Department of International Relations and Co-operation to assist them, and the department was very hands on and stepped up, even assisting with issues related to South African Airways , which they are handling on their behalf.
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