All Kiwis in the country - of which the Government says there are a "large number" - are being asked to consider using the flights to come home.
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"We are asking all New Zealanders in India to seriously consider taking our government-assisted flights home. There are no guarantees when international commercial flights will return to India and New Zealanders shouldn't be relying on that happening in the short-term."
In a statement, Peters said India announced a ban on international flights on March 22, and the country has been in lockdown since March 25, leaving New Zealanders with no flight options.
Those taking up the government flights will need to contribute to the cost, which will be comparable to recent government-assisted departures from other locations, such as Peru.
Yesterday, a New Zealand woman in India told RNZ of being stuck in India, where she and her family her family haven't been able to leave the house for three weeks, and were uncertain when they will be able to get a flight out of the country.
And earlier in April, a group of Kiwi tourists stranded in New Delhi feared they would soon be evicted from their hotel and were begging the government for help to get home.
PERU FLIGHT
Final preparations are being made for the flight to get New Zealanders stranded in Peru home.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said close to 70 people had registered for the flight, including a small number of Australians.
The flight is expected to depart Lima in the early hours of tomorrow morning (NZ time).
Ardern said it was due to land in Auckland on Wednesday morning.
