the recent travel ban to libya reflects the governments concern towards its citizens the ministry of external affairs had issued a statement to this effect in view of prevailing security situation in libya security threats and challenges to lives of indian nationals in libya the government of india has decided to impose travel ban on indian nationals planning to travel to libya irrespective of the purpose while the ban is aimed to safeguard the interests of its nationals it has also caused undue trouble to those indians who have been staying or working in libya for a long time an example of the trauma of this ban is manifested in the ordeal of a family who travelled to india on medical grounds before the travel ban was imposed shazia came to india with her three kids on april 28 2016 after a gap of four years it was her first trip without her husband she was unwilling to travel for she thought she will not be able to meet the challenges of daily life in india but after falling sick and consulting doctors in libya without any effective result she was forced to book an appointment with a doctor in delhi the family was also obliged to visit india for the sake of their 12year old daughter khadija being a special child khadija needed medical attention she had been on a hearingaid machine for some years which had stopped working and the child was becoming more unresponsive daybyday she also suffered from mild neurological disorder after a hectic schedule of one month of medical care for herself and her daughter in india shazia was all set to return to libya with her kids on may 25 when the news of travel ban came like a death blow to her for shazia the ban meant living with in india without a guardian having lost her father years back shazia had been living in libya for nearly a decade she did not even travel during nato war on libya in 2011 despite evacuations conducted by the government of india at that time there are hundreds of such stories of ordeals faced by families stranded in india as a result of the travel ban to libya anil kumar divakaran has similar anguish to express i am also a victim of this ban i have been working in libya for more than five years if i choose to go back have no idea how i will live my family traveled to india just one week before the ban was announced and now they cannot come back it is truly unfortunate he continues the only way is to take it up with the authorities requesting to review the decision there are individuals who have been working in libya for more than 30 years one of them is dr ismail who was working in a university in libya the ban not only cost him his job as he was unable to join back on time but