Iqbal Singh Lalpura speaks on rescue of 12 laborers from Russia. News Indian embassy in Tunisia helped in rescuing the 12 Indian workers from Libya. New Delhi: A joint effort of the National Commission for Minorities, Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian embassy in Tunisia helped rescue 12 Indian workers who were stranded in Libya for the past two months. As informed by the embassy, a resident of Benghazi in Libya helped in providing humanitarian assistance and relief supplies to the stranded Indians. With the help of the ministry and the embassy, four out of 12 Indians were successfully brought back from Libya on February 12.