In the ongoing crisis in Saudi Arabia, it has come to light now that nearly 3,000 migrants from Andhra Pradesh were among the Indians left jobless and stranded in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. More than 10,000 Indian citizens who have gone to Saudi Arabia for work are in a grim situation. Indian government is rushing aid to 10,000 of its citizens in Saudi Arabia who are running short of food after losing their jobs. "I assure you that no Indian worker rendered unemployed in Saudi Arabia will go without food," Swaraj said on Twitter. She said more than 10,000 Indians in the country were facing a "food crisis" and dispatched one of her deputies to the country.

Minister for Non-Resident Indians (NRI) affairs Palle Raghunath Reddy on Monday wrote to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, seeking her intervention and urged her to issue necessary instructions to officials of Indian embassies in those countries to provide food and shelter to the stranded. He said necessary steps may be initiated to bring them back by providing free travel and necessary visa documents at the earliest. There are roughly 3 million Indians employed in Saudi Arabia, which depends on foreign workers to fill jobs in its services, manufacturing and construction sectors.