Over 9,000 Mongolians evacuated from abroad since pandemic start

AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolia has arranged a total of 17 chartered flights and rail services evacuating around 9,324 Mongolians from foreign countries since travel and border restrictions were imposed globally due to COVID-19 pandemic, the State Emergency Commission's Operative team said on June 10.
63,259 Mongolians returned home through the border checkpoints for passengers since January 2020.
262 Mongolians from Australia and the Philippines were airlifted on June 9.
The next one of 8 chartered flights planned this month will be arriving from Nur-sultan, Kazakhstan on the evening of June 10 bringing 175 Mongolians, including 3 infants, Montsame reported.
In addition, preparations are underway to operate charter flights to India on June 12 to bring mostly Mongolian child monks from there, to Seoul, South Korea on June 17 to bring transit passengers, mostly those who are travelling from the United States, and again to Seoul on June 18 and to Frankfurt, Germany on June 19.
Talks are ongoing with the South Korean side to arrange another flight to Seoul within this month to bring Mongolians stranded in the Southeast Asian countries, however, the final decision has not been made.