"We are grateful to India's effort to bring our nationals safely from the conflict-hit Yemen," Shah Ahmed Shafi told reporters here.
A total of 337 Bangladesh nationals were among the 475 people including 65 Yemenese of Indian Origin who arrived from Djibouti onboard the two passenger ships sent by the government.
He said his country was having difficulty in evacuation of its nationals and they approached the Indian Government following which evacuation of 337 Bangladeshis was made.
A doctor, part of the crew of one of the ships, said they had to take special care to keep well kidney patient 50 year old Ramadan Salah Hussein during the six-day journey.
The patient, an Yemenese of Indian Origin who required two dialysis a week, managed the journey without much trouble, Dr Azaf Niyaz told PTI.
"It was because of the will power of the patient. He has been taken to General Hospital Ernakulam for dialysis," he said.
Meanwhile, Officials said of the 65 Yemenese of Indian Origin, eight did not have travel documents while others had Person of Indian Origin (PIO) cards.
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