Three flights are scheduled to Kerala on Thursday as part of second phase of India's massive repatriation drive dubbed Vande Bharat Mission.

The Muscat-Kozhikode flight (IX0350) is scheduled to reach at 4:25pm and the Doha- Kochi (IX0476) flight will land at the Cochin airport by 8:45pm.

The Dubai-Thiruvananthapuram flight (IX0538) is expected to reach at 8:40 pm on Thursday.

Bahrain-Thiruvananthapuram (IX0474), Muscat-Kannur(IX0714) and Dubai-Kochi (IX0434) are the flights scheduled to Kerala on Friday.

Phase two of the Vande Bharat mission began on Saturday and will go on until May 22. More than 25 flights in Phase 2 has been scheduled to Kerala.

Over 32,000 people from 21 countries are expected to be brought back over the course of the seven days. So far, over 1,88,646 Indian nationals have registered to return.

As per the government's policy for evacuation, Indians having "compelling reasons" to return like pregnant women, elderly people, students and those facing the prospect of deportation are being brought back home.

The government launched the 'Vande Bharat Mission' on May 7 to evacuate Indians stranded in various countries due to coronavirus-related restrictions.

Under the phase one of the mission, the government has evacuated a total of 12,000 Indians from the Gulf region as well as countries like the US, the UK, Philipines, Bangladesh, Malaysia and the Maldives.

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