The first batch of evacuees who have been brought to Tunis from Libya will reach home on Tuesday morning, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said.

It was on Friday that the first batch of 58 nurses was rescued from Tripoli and brought to the Tunisian border by road by the Indian authorities.

Speaking to The Hindu over telephone on Saturday, Mr. Chandy said out of the 58 nurses, only 47 would be flown back on Tuesday.

They are expected to board a plane from Tunis to Dubai on Monday evening and from there to Kochi by early Tuesday. Meanwhile, the second batch of 43 persons, which included 42 nurses and a 10-year-old child, has been asked to remain ready for evacuation by the Indian authorities. ‘‘They will be taken to Tunisia by the Indian authorities based on the ground situation,’’ Mr. Chandy said.

According to a relative of one of the nurses in the team, the 43 persons have been staying on the Tripoli Medical Centre campus since Saturday morning.

The first batch of evacuees, who had crossed the Ras Jedir post just before it was closed on Friday by the Tunisian authorities, was received by Indian Ambassador to Tripoli Azar A.H. Khan and Indian Ambassador to Tunis Nagma Mohammed Mallick.

After completion of the formalities which gave them visa on arrival, the team took the long journey to Tunis where they reached in the early hours of Saturday. Their stay has been arranged at Le Pacha Hotel, according to relatives of one of the nurses.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs’ posts on the Facebook, they will be taken back by commercial flights and may reach home by Tuesday and Wednesday.