{"id":350574,"date":"2025-08-17T02:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T02:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/350574\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T02:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T02:14:11","slug":"aap-mp-kang-urges-mea-to-act-on-stranded-indians-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/350574\/","title":{"rendered":"AAP MP Kang urges MEA to act on stranded Indians in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> ByPress Trust of India, Chandigarh <\/p>\n<p>Published on: Aug 17, 2025 05:20 am IST <\/p>\n<p>    Kang said routine matters such as damaged, lost or expired passports had escalated into a \u201chumanitarian emergency\u201d, leaving countless citizens, including many from Punjab, stranded in Spain for more than six months.     <\/p>\n<p>AAP MP from Punjab, Malvinder Singh Kang, has written to external affairs minister S Jaishankar, seeking his urgent intervention to resolve the problems being faced by several Indian nationals stranded in Spain due to delays in passport renewal and re-issuance at the Indian Consulate there.<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/These-individuals-were-being-deprived-of-their-fun_1755371528049.jpg\" alt=\"These individuals were being deprived of their fundamental right to mobility and reunion with their families, the MP from Anandpur Sahib claimed. (HT)\" title=\"These individuals were being deprived of their fundamental right to mobility and reunion with their families, the MP from Anandpur Sahib claimed. (HT)\"\/>   These individuals were being deprived of their fundamental right to mobility and reunion with their families, the MP from Anandpur Sahib claimed. (HT)    <\/p>\n<p>In the letter, Kang said routine matters such as damaged, lost or expired passports had escalated into a \u201chumanitarian emergency\u201d, leaving countless citizens, including many from Punjab, stranded in Spain for more than six months.<\/p>\n<p>These individuals, the MP from Anandpur Sahib claimed, were being deprived of their fundamental right to mobility and reunion with their families. \u201cSome of those affected face grave medical conditions requiring urgent treatment, while others are battling heart-wrenching family emergencies,\u201d Kang wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The AAP MP cautioned that the persistent bottlenecks in passport processing not only inflicted unbearable hardships on citizens abroad, but also undermined India\u2019s reputation as a \u201ccompassionate\u201d and \u201cefficient\u201d guardian of its global diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the MEA to direct the Consulate in Spain to overhaul its processes, prioritise pending cases and ensure swift passport services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany face critical medical needs or family tragedies. A viral video captures their anguish. Swift and decisive clearance of all pending cases is essential to end their suffering, uphold their dignity, and reunite them with their families,\u201d Kang said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>He also assured the ministry of full cooperation in bridging the connections with those impacted, and providing further details as and when needed.<\/p>\n<p>The AAP MP expressed confidence that swift action by the government would ease the burden of the affected individuals, reaffirm India\u2019s commitment to responsive governance, and safeguard the dignity and well-being of its citizens abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByPress Trust of India, Chandigarh Published on: Aug 17, 2025 05:20 am IST Kang said routine matters such&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[85596,2000,299,123945,123944,77628,104,123946],"class_list":{"0":"post-350574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-aap","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-malvinder-singh-kang","12":"tag-mp","13":"tag-punjab","14":"tag-spain","15":"tag-stranded"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115041695666354007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}