For instance, Jayarama Panaaje, a 32-year-old male nurse, had taken loans and gone to Yemen in February 2014 due to the pitiable conditions at home. Though he was assured a job in Kuwait, he ended up in Yemen as the agent conned him.
"When I confronted the agent, he threatened that I would have to forego my passport and future employment options. I had no choice. I spent Rs 1.8 lakh. In a year's work, I could only clear that loan. I don't have any savings," he rued.
He used to earn around $400 (approximately Rs 24,000) per month in Yemen, but here is likely to get only around Rs10,000 to Rs12,000.
"If the trouble had not started, the next month's salary would have been savings for me," he said indicating that his family back at home though obviously happy at his safe return, he can sense that financial implications were bothering them.
He has approached health minister UT Khader to help him out of this crisis.
Jayarama, the only son of Annu Naik and Yamuna, 62, a couple from Vittal Kanyana of Bantwal Taluk, has four sisters, all of whom are married. Jayarama is still a bachelor due to his precarious employment situation. His mother still rolls beedis for livelihood.
He recalls that his father, who passed away in 1998, also return from the middle east in a similar condition. He said, "He was also working in Muscat for two years and came back in 1991 due to Gulf War. I see much similarity between us. He came back due to a war and could not save anything."
Jayarama said the situation was really bad and even if he wished he cannot go back since the airport runway has been damaged extensively, and it would require two years to get it up and running. "Every person, rich or poor, has guns, to protect their families. A man carries a gun to take his wife out if she has to go somewhere. Health workers were the least troubled as both the government and militants as they probably knew they needed us," he said.
Puttur man returns: Channappa Gowda from Kadaba, Puttur taluk, broke down on seeing his son, Rajesh Gowda, arrive at Mangaluru Central Railway station on Saturday. An engineer, Rajesh, 26, who was working with MAM International Corporation in Sanaa for the past three years, had returned to Yemen, and after a vacation in his hometown recently.
Rajesh, who came only with a cabin luggage, asserted that he would never go back to Yemen as the situation was worsening by the day.
He arrived at Kochi on early Saturday morning and took a train to Mangaluru. He along with others was evacuated by a special Air India flight on Friday night. Rajesh said locals had ensured that they did not go hungry.
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