New Delhi, March 27 -- The government continues to facilitate travel of Indian nationals due to flight restrictions and airspace closures in the wake of the West Asia crisis and around 4,75,000 passengers have returned from the region to India since February 28, Aseem Mahajan, Joint Secretary (Gulf) at the Ministry of External Affairs, said on Friday.

"Due to flight restrictions and airspace closures, we continue to facilitate the travel of Indian nationals: from Iran via Armenia and Azerbaijan to India; from Israel via Jordan to India; from Iraq via Jordan and Saudi Arabia to India; and from Kuwait and Bahrain via Saudi Arabia to India," he said at the inter-ministerial briefing.

"Yesterday, an Indian national sadly lost his life in an...