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AL-MUKALLA: Hamoud Hassan was supposed to have left India in mid-March with his sick brother after doctors told him that the surgeries his sibling needed would cost $54,000.

鈥淲e decided to leave India to collect the money, spend Ramadan with our families and return,鈥� he told Arab News. 鈥淎lso, my brother鈥檚 health improved after taking drugs.鈥� 

But their plan to leave never got off the ground after Yemen last month halted flights in and out of the country to stop the spread of coronavirus. The decision left thousands of Yemenis stuck in India, Egypt, Jordan, and other countries. Hassan lives in 抖阴短视频, while his brother lives in Yemen. Both want to leave India.

The abandoned nationals have appealed to their government to arrange repatriation flights as they are running out of money and food. 鈥淥ur only demand is returning home,鈥� said Hassan. 鈥淒o they want us to die here? We do not mind staying in quarantine in the desert at home. I also want to go back to my family in 抖阴短视频.鈥� 

A crumbling health system in war-torn Yemen led thousands of its citizens to seek treatment overseas. But some have been forced into borrowing money from friends and relatives while abroad after spending what they had on food and healthcare. 

鈥淲e moved to a new, cheaper flat and borrowed $20 from one person and another $50 from another,鈥� Mutaher Hassan, a Yemeni patient who traveled with three others to Egypt last year for a liver transplant, told Arab News. 鈥淎ll hospitals here have been closed due to the disease. My mother and brother want to return home very soon. We spend our time praying, eating and sleeping.鈥�

He urged the government to evacuate them quickly as his friends in Egypt and relatives in Yemen and 抖阴短视频 had stopped funding him. 鈥淓veryone is suffering from financial problems, even my relatives in 抖阴短视频,鈥� he added.

Yemen also closed land crossings with 抖阴短视频 and Oman, leaving hundreds of Umrah pilgrims in the Kingdom. Yemen recorded its first case of coronavirus on April 10, and health officials warned that large repatriations would lead to the spread of the disease amid chronic shortages of medical supplies and quarantine centers.

Omer Hassan, who traveled with his mother to the UAE in February for treatment, was planning to fly back to Yemen to prepare for his wedding. 鈥淚 see myself much luckier than many stranded patients in Egypt and other places since at least I live here with relatives,鈥� he told Arab News from Abu Dhabi. 鈥淏ut I want to go home to furnish my house.鈥� 

Another Yemeni man, called Omer, was in Egypt and said that he stayed indoors most of the time. 鈥淚 booked a flight after recovering from surgery,鈥� he told Arab News. 鈥淣ow, I have to limit my errands in order not to spend money.鈥�

Several Yemenis stuck in Egypt and India who spoke to Arab News said they preferred being quarantined in Yemen rather than living with no money or help abroad.

Yemen鈥檚 internationally-recognized government is considering several options to address the problem, such as sending urgent financial assistance or asking them to bring medical reports showing they were not infected with coronavirus.

鈥淲e are under huge pressure to address this issue,鈥� a senior government official told Arab News on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters. 鈥淥ne of the options is wiring $2 million to the stranded people.鈥� He added that the number of stranded Yemenis was around 10,000. 鈥淲e do not want the disease to spread in Yemen. At the moment we prefer sending the money before moving to the other options.鈥�

The Yemeni government might also ask host countries to test Yemenis and supply them with a medical report. Those who test negative would be allowed to return. Buses would ferry them from airports to their homes, the Yemeni government official said. 

But some Yemeni provinces that host functioning airports, such as Hadramout and Aden, reject the idea of repatriating Yemenis before putting them in quarantine, fearing the rapid spread of coronavirus. 鈥淚t is true that there is a strong opposition to the idea of bringing back the stranded people soon,鈥� the official said.

鈥淲e do not even want to live in a hotel in India,鈥� Hamoud Hassan said. 鈥淭he government should be using the money for buying fuel for the planes that would carry us. $200 would not solve our problems.鈥�