<span style="color: #222222;">As part of Vande Bharat Mission, a total of 56 flights have brought back Indian nationals from 12 countries till now. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Anurag Srivastava said that in addition, 904 Indians have been repatriated from Maldives by INS Jalashwa and INS Magar. Some others have arrived through deportation flights from various countries. In the last few days, more than 12 thousand Indian nationals have safely returned.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The second phase of Vande Bharat Mission is being launched from 16th to 22nd May. In this phase, Indians from 31 countries will be brought back. In all, 149 flights including feeder flights will be deployed. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Additional 18 countries have been covered under the second phase including Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Canada, Japan, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Krgyzstan, Belarus, Georgia, Tajikistan and Armenia. Till now, over one lakh 88 thousand Indian nationals have registered to return on the portal.</span>