India to evacuate laid-off workers from Saudi Arabia

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the government is trying to arrange exit documents for those workers who wish to return to India.

Swaraj told lawmakers that India's junior foreign minister, V.K. Singh, will travel to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to meet with officials to arrange for the workers' return.

The workers were mostly employed by Saudi construction companies and were laid off amid a slowdown in the industry caused by low global oil prices.