After spending more than four months in their non-breeding grounds in Southern Africa, two of these Amur Falcons are now on their spring migration back to their breeding regions in Far East Asia via India. While travelling from Somalia to Northeast India, they undertake a non-stop flight of nearly 6,000 km over six days

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) described the incident as a serious threat to international maritime security and freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most strategically important shipping corridors