Six teenagers from Pakistan staying in an observatory home in India's western Jamnagar city, since being rescued from the Arabian Sea by the Indian coast guards during cyclone Phyan, are hoping for their early repatriation.
The Phyan cyclone hit three districts of the western coast of Mumbai city on November 11 (Wednesday), packing wind speeds of up to 75 Kilometer per hour. Thousands of houses of the cyclone hit regions suffered damage.
Out of the victims of the cyclone, six were Pakistani citizens who went into the Arabian Sea for fishing and got stuck in the Phyan cyclone. They were later rescued by the naval guards.
For sixteen-year-old Kabir Kasim, one of the rescued persons, the Observatory home has provided them with all the facilities but they want to get back to their homes. They want the authorities to speed up the process and send them back soon.
"We were stuck in the cyclone for three days, when we got out, we were on India's border. The naval guards then rescued us. We live here in the Child observation home and we don't have problem here, but we want to go home to our parents as soon as possible," said Kabir Kasim.
He added that the people in the Observatory home are very good and treat them like their brothers.
Mooljibhai Sonar, a Psychiatrist who examined the teenagers said that they need to get back home immediately because they are going under a lot of mental trauma as they miss their home and family very much.
"We want the technical process to speed up so that these children can go back to their homeland as soon as possible. I have counselled these children and found out that they are very emotional about their families and hence should get back home. We are doing our best to make them feel at home over here; we provide them with all the facilities but still they miss their respective families. The authorities should make provisions to send them soon so that their childhood can flourish amidst their families," said Mooljibhai Sonar, a Psychiatrist.
Anybody who crosses a country's border illegally gets a jail imprisonment for at least six months, but if the person is below 18 years of age can be spared. But until the official proceedings are completed, they cannot leave the country.
Pakistani teenagers stranded in India
The Phyan cyclone hit three districts of the western coast of Mumbai city on November 11 (Wednesday), packing wind speeds of up to 75 Kilometer per hour. Thousands of houses of the cyclone hit regions suffered damage.
Out of the victims of the cyclone, six were Pakistani citizens who went into the Arabian Sea for fishing and got stuck in the Phyan cyclone. They were later rescued by the naval guards.
For sixteen-year-old Kabir Kasim, one of the rescued persons, the Observatory home has provided them with all the facilities but they want to get back to their homes. They want the authorities to speed up the process and send them back soon.
"We were stuck in the cyclone for three days, when we got out, we were on India's border. The naval guards then rescued us. We live here in the Child observation home and we don't have problem here, but we want to go home to our parents as soon as possible," said Kabir Kasim.
He added that the people in the Observatory home are very good and treat them like their brothers.
Mooljibhai Sonar, a Psychiatrist who examined the teenagers said that they need to get back home immediately because they are going under a lot of mental trauma as they miss their home and family very much.
"We want the technical process to speed up so that these children can go back to their homeland as soon as possible. I have counselled these children and found out that they are very emotional about their families and hence should get back home. We are doing our best to make them feel at home over here; we provide them with all the facilities but still they miss their respective families. The authorities should make provisions to send them soon so that their childhood can flourish amidst their families," said Mooljibhai Sonar, a Psychiatrist.
Anybody who crosses a country's border illegally gets a jail imprisonment for at least six months, but if the person is below 18 years of age can be spared. But until the official proceedings are completed, they cannot leave the country.
Pakistani teenagers stranded in India
