More than 1,000 Nepali migrant workers in South Korea are returning to the country by the end of current fiscal year after completing three-year tenure. Those workers were from Employment Permit System (EPS) 2008 batch.

Workers, whose had joined South Korean job between August-December 2008, are returning to country, said Mahesh Acharya, chief of EPS Nepal. “If they will not return in time, it will affect next process,” he said. Vice-president of Global Workforce Unit of South Korea Nam-Ihl Kim had warned Nepal government about the issue in his visit in mid-October. The had said that Next EPS process will start in 2012 only after2008 batch workers returned from South Korea. 

South Korea is a lucrative destination to Nepali workers where a EPS worker can earn $ 1,000 (Rs 78,000) in a month. Salary offered in South Korea is at least five timed more than popular destinations– Malaysia and Gulf countries. Cost for an EPS job $970.20 is lowest in popular destinations.

Published on: 12 November 2011 | The Himalayan Times