The Government has set up a community welfare fund in 42 Indian missions abroad to facilitate extending help to diaspora community in times of difficulty. The Indian Community Welfare Fund has been set up to offer various assistance, including legal and financial help to distressed Indians. The Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry sources said, the fund has been made available in all the Gulf countries where a substantial number of Indians are living. An estimated five million workers are currently staying in the Gulf region. The fund has also been made available in several European countries where Indian population is of significant number. Sources said, the fund will particularly be used to help women migrants who become victims of unscrupulous intermediaries in foreign soil. The Ministry has also set up Indian Workers Resource Centres in many countries in the Gulf region to offer information relating to job opportunities and educate people about law of the particular countries.