The repatriation began around two months ago, with more than 300 Chinese staff told to return home, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Most of Foxconn’s remaining foreign workforce in India now comprises support personnel from Taiwan, one of the people told Bloomberg. The reason behind the decision remains unclear.

Foxconn, the main iPhone maker for Apple, has sent over 300 Chinese engineers and technicians back home from its factories in southern India.

Apple's largest iPhone producer has reportedly ordered hundreds of its India-based Chinese workers to return to their native China but for unspecified reasons.