Migrant returnee from Malaysia going home with his wife and son after four years.
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
Workers spending energy after work and train in the self funded gym hall (Qatar 2010).
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Collectively bought items in a migrants' room (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Workers from Mahottari and Rautahat districts laying bitumen at a road construction site in Matihani, Mahottari.
Photo by: Nilima Rai
Nepali Migrant Workers in Taklakot, Tibet.
Photo by: Mohan Mainali
Living with stars (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Industries and workers' dwelling places in one of Qatar industrial area (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
A typical labor camp (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Migrant workers in a gated community are the link between the city's spaces (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
A small food outlet run by Baitadis chetris for all far-westerners working in Pithoragarh. (Pithoragarh, India, 2002)
Photo by: Tristan Brusle
Young Nepali boys wait for work as porters in Nainital, India. Many people travel from the Far-and Mid-Western regions of Nepal to work as porters.
Photo by: Prakash Bikram Shah
Nepali laborers constructing a business complex in Samakhusi Kathmandu during the lockdown.
Photo by: Jeevan Baniya
Office of Safe Migration Information Center
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
A woman porter trudges the Everest trail near base camp with provisions for climbers headed for the summit.
Photo by: Bijay Gajmer
People carrying winnowing trays to sell at Barahchhetra, Sunsari.
Photo by: Bijay Gajmer
Worker blowing the dust/sand off the road with compressed air at a construction site in Tanahu before the binder is sprayed.
Photo by: Arjun Kharel
An official at the Siraha branch of the Red Cross Society helps prospective migrants fill out passport application forms for a nominal fee. This arrangement was sanctioned by the Chief District Officer as a source of funds for the Red Cross.
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
The rise of information technology has better connected the migrants with their families back home.
Photo by: Jeevan Raj Sharma
Hard at work - A Nepali worker in a coal mine in India (2013)
Photo by: Rashmi Upadhayay
Migrant workers return to the western hills of Nepal from India. This photo was taken in Bajura.
Photo by: Mohan Mainali
A house in Sinoorjoda, Janakpur, with Qatari-inspired architectural design.
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
Women workers dusting the road before laying bitumen for Otta Seal surfacing in Rauja, Mahottari.
Photo by: Nilima Rai
Workers collecting sand from Bagmati River, at Sankhamul in Kathmandu
Photo by: Bijay Gajmer
A local fishing in the Koshi river of Barahchhetra, Sunsari
Photo by: Bijay Gajmer
Nepali Christian migrant workers in Kuwait
Photo by: Kesang Tseten
Nepali female migrant worker in Kuwait.
Photo by: Kesang Tseten
Migrants waiting at the Tribhuvan International Airport.
Photo by: Shiva Bisangkhe
A Nepali worker on night duty in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)
Photo by: Santosh Tumbahangphe
Migrants use the computer and internet to keep in touch with family and friends and watch latest serial comedies (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Cost of migration
Photo by: Taken from FEPB website
Nepali female migrant workers pray at a church in Kuwait
Photo by: Kesang Tseten
Young men quickly learn how to supplement the mess food often viewed as tasteless (Qatar 2010).
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Internal migrant workers sand-sealing the road, the final step of the Otta Seal surface treatment process, at a road construction site in Tanahun.
Photo by: Arjun Kharel
Many Nepali workers can be found working at tea estates in Assam, India.
Photo by: Nitu Sarmah
A Nepali tailor found a place to work for his numerous country-fellows porters (Mussoorie, India, 2003)
Photo by: Tristan Brusle
Deura, Bajhang district: Group of Nepali migrants coming back from Bangalore sort out their luggage after deboarding the overnight bus.
Photo by: Deepak Thapa
'We book plane tickets to Saudi, Qatar, Malaysia, Dubai and Kuwait. We also confirm (ok) them.' - A banner in front of a retail shop in Sinoorjoda VDC, Janakpur
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
Migrant workers return to the western hills of Nepal from India. This photo was taken in Bajura.
Photo by: Mohan Mainali
Migrant workers at leisure outside their residential camp in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)
Photo by: Santosh Tumbahangphe
Prospective migrant workers stand in queue to apply for the Korean Language Test in Kathmandu (May, 2011)
Photo by: CESLAM
A house in Sinoorjoda, Janakpur, with Qatari-inspired architectural design.
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
'We book plane tickets to Saudi, Qatar, Malaysia, Dubai and Kuwait. We also confirm (ok) them.' - A banner in front of a retail shop in Sinoorjoda VDC, Janakpur
Photo by: Nabin Rawal
Many Nepali workers can be found working at tea estates in Assam, India.
Photo by: Nitu Sarmah
Migrant workers from Jajarkot, Salyan, Kalikot and Baitadi districts constructing gabion walls at a road construction site in Myanglung, Terhathum.
Photo by: Nilima Rai
Orientation training to women migrant workers
Photo by: Pourakhi
A peek at a workplace in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)
Photo by: Santosh Tumbahangphe
Contrasting shopping spaces- Villaggio shopping mall (left), Al Attya Industrial Area (right) (Qatar, 2010)
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Labor camp area facilities are minimal (Qatar, 2010).
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
Nepali workers in a coal mine in India (2013)
Photo by: Rashmi Upadhayay
Send your hard-earned money to your family through a trustable medium. Calendar printed by IME shows two Nepali celebrities
Photo by: Tristan Bruslé
A local woman labourer picking outsize pebbles at a road construction site in Matihani, Mahottari.
Photo by: Nilima Rai
An official at the Siraha branch of the Red Cross Society helps prospective migrants fill out passport application forms for a nominal fee. This arrangement was sanctioned by the Chief District Officer as a source of funds for the Red Cross.
Migrant returnee from Malaysia going home with his wife and son after four years.
Workers spending energy after work and train in the self funded gym hall (Qatar 2010).
Collectively bought items in a migrants' room (Qatar, 2010)
Workers from Mahottari and Rautahat districts laying bitumen at a road construction site in Matihani, Mahottari.
Nepali Migrant Workers in Taklakot, Tibet.
Living with stars (Qatar, 2010)
Industries and workers' dwelling places in one of Qatar industrial area (Qatar, 2010)
A typical labor camp (Qatar, 2010)
Migrant workers in a gated community are the link between the city's spaces (Qatar, 2010)
A small food outlet run by Baitadis chetris for all far-westerners working in Pithoragarh. (Pithoragarh, India, 2002)
Young Nepali boys wait for work as porters in Nainital, India. Many people travel from the Far-and Mid-Western regions of Nepal to work as porters.
Nepali laborers constructing a business complex in Samakhusi Kathmandu during the lockdown.
Office of Safe Migration Information Center
A woman porter trudges the Everest trail near base camp with provisions for climbers headed for the summit.
People carrying winnowing trays to sell at Barahchhetra, Sunsari.
Worker blowing the dust/sand off the road with compressed air at a construction site in Tanahu before the binder is sprayed.
An official at the Siraha branch of the Red Cross Society helps prospective migrants fill out passport application forms for a nominal fee. This arrangement was sanctioned by the Chief District Officer as a source of funds for the Red Cross.
The rise of information technology has better connected the migrants with their families back home.
Hard at work - A Nepali worker in a coal mine in India (2013)
Migrant workers return to the western hills of Nepal from India. This photo was taken in Bajura.
A house in Sinoorjoda, Janakpur, with Qatari-inspired architectural design.
Women workers dusting the road before laying bitumen for Otta Seal surfacing in Rauja, Mahottari.
Workers collecting sand from Bagmati River, at Sankhamul in Kathmandu
A local fishing in the Koshi river of Barahchhetra, Sunsari
Nepali Christian migrant workers in Kuwait
Nepali female migrant worker in Kuwait.
Migrants waiting at the Tribhuvan International Airport.
A Nepali worker on night duty in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)
Migrants use the computer and internet to keep in touch with family and friends and watch latest serial comedies (Qatar, 2010)
Cost of migration
Nepali female migrant workers pray at a church in Kuwait
Young men quickly learn how to supplement the mess food often viewed as tasteless (Qatar 2010).
Internal migrant workers sand-sealing the road, the final step of the Otta Seal surface treatment process, at a road construction site in Tanahun.
Many Nepali workers can be found working at tea estates in Assam, India.
A Nepali tailor found a place to work for his numerous country-fellows porters (Mussoorie, India, 2003)
Deura, Bajhang district: Group of Nepali migrants coming back from Bangalore sort out their luggage after deboarding the overnight bus.
'We book plane tickets to Saudi, Qatar, Malaysia, Dubai and Kuwait. We also confirm (ok) them.' - A banner in front of a retail shop in Sinoorjoda VDC, Janakpur
Migrant workers return to the western hills of Nepal from India. This photo was taken in Bajura.
Migrant workers at leisure outside their residential camp in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)
Prospective migrant workers stand in queue to apply for the Korean Language Test in Kathmandu (May, 2011)
A house in Sinoorjoda, Janakpur, with Qatari-inspired architectural design.
'We book plane tickets to Saudi, Qatar, Malaysia, Dubai and Kuwait. We also confirm (ok) them.' - A banner in front of a retail shop in Sinoorjoda VDC, Janakpur
Many Nepali workers can be found working at tea estates in Assam, India.
Migrant workers from Jajarkot, Salyan, Kalikot and Baitadi districts constructing gabion walls at a road construction site in Myanglung, Terhathum.
Orientation training to women migrant workers
A peek at a workplace in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)
Contrasting shopping spaces- Villaggio shopping mall (left), Al Attya Industrial Area (right) (Qatar, 2010)
Labor camp area facilities are minimal (Qatar, 2010).
Nepali workers in a coal mine in India (2013)
Send your hard-earned money to your family through a trustable medium. Calendar printed by IME shows two Nepali celebrities
A local woman labourer picking outsize pebbles at a road construction site in Matihani, Mahottari.
An official at the Siraha branch of the Red Cross Society helps prospective migrants fill out passport application forms for a nominal fee. This arrangement was sanctioned by the Chief District Officer as a source of funds for the Red Cross.
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