<span style="color: #222222;">Phase Four of the Vande Bharat Mission is currently underway. Under this phase, 637 international flights have already been scheduled. These flights would service 29 airports in India.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">As on 8th July, against a total number of 6,61,352 persons, who had registered their request with the Missions abroad for repatriation to India, over 5, 80,000 have returned. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This number includes more than 97,000 Indians who have returned through land border immigration checkpoints from Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">External Affairs Ministry spokesperson said in a virtual briefing that the demand of stranded Indians to return is now mainly from the GCC countries, Malaysia and Singapore. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, Indian Missions are proactively working out modalities in repatriating citizens from remote areas. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In this regard, flights have been scheduled from Amsterdam to bring passengers from Latin American countries, as well as flights out of Lagos, Nairobi and South Africa to meet requirements from Africa.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The spokesperson said MEA in coordination with Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Air India and private airlines of India, is committed to continue efforts in repatriating all such Indian nationals who are stranded outside and are desirous of returning to India.</span><br />''