The Impact of COVID-19 on Nepali Temporary Migrant Workers
COVID-19 is forcing an unprecedented level of reverse migration of Nepali temporary labour migrant workers from around the world. The long and pervasive global economic crisis is expected to have devastating consequences for low-paid migrant workers, who rely on foreign employment …
Technical Support to the Government of Province 1 in the Development of a Provincial Migration Profile
The Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility (CESLAM) at Social Science Baha will provide technical support to the Government of Province 1 to develop approaches, methodological tools and indicators for a migration profile and throughout the execution of the profiling exercise. The…
‘Leaving Something Behind’ – Migration Governance and Agricultural and Rural Change in ‘Home’ Communities: Comparative Experience from Europe, Asia and Africa (AGRUMIG)
CESLAM is a partner organisation of the international collaborative research project on migration and agricultural and rural change (AGRUMIG). The research project seeks to explore the two-way interface between agrarian and environmental change in migrant-sending communities, offering…
Assessment of Outreach and Engagement with Prospective Migrants by the Agencies Recruiting Labourers for Foreign Employment
Studies highlight the paucity of interventions and lack of insights on perpetrators of ‘modern slavery’ and human trafficking as more focus has been on the rescue and rehabilitation of victims of human trafficking in recent times. This focus as a result has sidelined perpetrators,…
Changes in the International Routes of Human Trafficking from Nepal for Labour Migration
Studies have highlighted the integral role of newspapers and other news media as the central and often the most trusted source of information about policies and social issues for the public. The media portrayal and framing of the news coverage on human trafficking including the portra…
Access to Legal Support for Migrant Workers
The proposed study aims to identify existing gaps, barriers and challenges that both prohibit and inhibit men and women migrant workers from accessing justice with complaints related to recruitment, and also identify practical solutions and policy changes to address these issues. The …
Assessment of Labour Administration in Nepal
This study conducts an Assessment of Labour Administration in Nepal, which will provide recommendations to strengthen the labour administration system and equip it to enable efficient and effective service delivery (organization, management, procedural system, staff training, action t…
Institutionalizing and Strengthening Labour Migration Governance: Access to Justice
The primary objective of this study is to understand the situation of Nepali migrant workers’ access to justice amid the Covid-19 pandemic. It is expected that the study will help recommend the Government of Nepal (GoN) for the formulation and implementation of plans and strategies …
The Role of Intermediaries and Other Private/Public Sector Actors in the Recruitment Process in Nepal, in Relation to the Labour Migration of Nepali Workers
This study aims to use the narratives of migrant workers to document the migration experience and identify the various intermediaries involved in facilitating migration for foreign employment. It will examine the interaction of migrant workers with various actors in the recruitment pr…
