You would be shocked to know that these many NRIs have died everyday. Generally, life os an NRI is assumed to be sophisticated and uber-luxurious life. But an RTI revelation has given out a startling revelation about the number of NRIs have died in last one year. A whopping 12,223 Indian nationals have died in various foreign countries in the last 17 months between January 2018 and May 2019.
What comes more shocking is that nearly an average of 719 Indians per month or 23-24 per day die everyday in foreign lands. The details came out upon the RTI request filed by activist, Jatin Desai. “Surprisingly, the MEA has no information on how many Indian prisoners have died in jails abroad in the said period. The MEA also does not have details of the number of foreigners perishing in Indian prisons during that period,” Desai said.
“We also need to know in which countries they have died and whether they lost their lives due to some illnesses, accidents, attacks in foreign lands or sheer lack of medicare, and whether they were adequately insured or if they were granted compensation in case of unnatural deaths when their bodies were returned, etc.,” Desai added.
