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The Saudi government has sent home Indonesian umroh pilgrims and citizens found guilty of violating immigration rules, according to the Indonesian Foreign Ministry. They are scheduled to arrive in Indonesia April 9). The Saudi government has readied aircraft to send home our umroh pilgrims, including those overstaying since September 1 last year, Director of Indonesian Citizens and Legal Entities Protection of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry Judha Nugraha noted, during a press conference held via videoconference on Thursday as quoted by Antara. Medical tests will be conducted on the Indonesian nationals upon arrival in Indonesia despite having undergone similar tests in Saudi Arabia, he revealed. Meanwhile  as many as 17 Indonesian members of the jamaah tabligh in India are still receiving medical treatment at a local hospital for coronavirus infection, while 10 others have recovered from the disease. 

Nugraha said more than 984 Indonesian members of the jamaah tabligh are currently staying in nine countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Nepal. Indonesian foreign mininstry have difficulties in registering the members of the jamaah tabligh since they did not report to the missions. So the mininstry have made every effort to contact them and coordinated with their head office in Jakarta to register them. The Indonesian government on March 17, 2020 called on all Indonesians abroad to return home or face the risk of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic//Ant