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New Delhi, Apr 6: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that 23 countries have requested India to evacuate their citizens from strife-hit Yemen. Swaraj shared the information on micro-blogging site twitter. “Twenty three countries have requested India to evacuate their citizens from Yemen,” she posted. On Sunday, the minister assured that all Indian nationals would be evacuated from the Middle East country. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had earlier confirmed that 488 Indians had been evacuated from Sana’a, while a further 182 were rescued from coastal town Ash Shihr. (READ-Very few Kerala nurses in Yemen want to return: K C Joseph) Also Read - Coronavirus Creates Havoc: 3 MPs, 6 MLAs And Former President Among COVID's VVIP Victims

This followed the rescue of 439 Indians by the Indian Navy’s guided-missile destroyer INS Mumbai from Yemen ‘s port city Aden on Saturday. Very few Kerala nurses in violence-hit Yemen want to return to India, a Kerala minister said here on Monday. ”There are 45 Kerala nurses working in Yemen’s Mabar area. I got a call from them. They said only 10 are willing to return,” Minister for Diaspora K.C. Joseph. Also Read - COVID-19: With Spike of Over 92,000 Cases, India's Tally Surpasses 54 Lakh-mark; Recovery Rate Nears 80% | Key Points

One hundred thirty Keralities, including four children, were among the 330 Indians who arrived on an Air India flight in Kochi early on Saturday. The flight landed at 12.30 a.m. and by 1.30 a.m., all the Keralities were out of the airport, R.S. Kannan, CEO of Roots-Norka, a state-owned body that looks after the welfare of Kerala diaspora, told IANS. ”The rest of them proceeded to Mumbai and 56 Keralites who landed in Mumbai last night will arrive in Kerala today. We gave all those who arrived here a token sum of Rs.2000 and free transport facility to their home,” said Kannan. A nurse who did not wish to be identified said things were grave in Yemen.