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Migrant workers´ database in making ;lesson from libya‚ japan
The government seems to have learnt lessons from the difficulties it faced while rescuing Nepalis from restive Libya and disasters-struck northeastern coast of Japan for want of reliable data.Published on: 3 March 2011 | The Himalayan Times
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Over 800 workers died abroad, 160 suicides ;No figures from Iraq, Afghanistan in absence of Nepali missions
More than 800 Nepali migrant workers lost their lives last year while working abroad.Published on: 13 January 2011 | The Himalayan Times
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कोरियामा पनि कहाँ सुख छ र?
बहादुर! भारतीयहरूले आफ्ना घरमा काम गर्ने दरबान तथा घरेलु कामदारलाई सम्बोधन गर्ने शब्द हो, बहादुर। खासमा यो एउटा गाली हो।Published on: 5 January 2011 | Nagarik
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काम पाउन भारतीय रासन कार्ड
औद्योगिक करिडोरका अधिकांश उद्योगमा नेपाली श्रमिकले रोजगारी पाउन भारतीय रासन कार्ड देखाउनुपर्ने बाध्यता रहेको यहाँ गरिएको अध्ययनबाट थाहा भएको छ । नेपाल टे्रड युनियन महासंघ (जिफन्ट) औद्योगिक युनियन परिषद्ले गरेको अध्ययनबाट अधिकांश उद्योगले मुलुकको प्रचलित श्रम कानुनको पालनासमेत गरेका छैनन् ।Published on: 2 January 2011 | Kantipur
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Helping workers abroad
Himal Media's roundtable discussion on the challenges and issues of migrant labour. With formal remittances from the 3 million Nepali migrant workers across the globe reaching Rs 262 billion in 2010, it's no exaggeration to say foreign employment is the backbone of the Nepali economy.Published on: 17-23 Dec 2010 | Nepali Times
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Govt starts studying Libyan job prospect
In a bid to establish Libya as a reliable destination for Nepali workers, the Ministry of Labor and Transport Management (MoLTM) has written to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), seeking detail information about the prospect of jobs for Nepali workers there.Published on: 10 September 2009 | Republica
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The Gulf, a hub of labour exploitation
Gulf countries are fast turning into destinations for women trafficking even though government policy does ‘not encourage’ women to seek jobs there.Published on: 4 September 2010 | The Himalayan Times
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Govt stops permits for work in Libya
Responding to a host of complaints about the problems that face Nepali workers in Libya, the government has completely stopped issuing prior and final approval for sending workers to that country.Published on: 22 August 2010 | Republica
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Months of hell in Libya, piles of debt in Nepal
After spending more than 22 months in Libya, Bhakta Adhikari of Pokhari VDC-2 in Sindhuli district, returned home empty-handed to face a debt amounting to more than Rs 80,000, in addition to accumulated interest, to a local landlord.Published on: 20 August 2010 | Republica
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New labour migration policy on cards
KATHMANDU: The government is preparing to introduce Labor Migration Policy with the objectives of ensuring greater rights and protection of Nepali migrants and proper utilization of remittance receipts in productive sectors. A draft of the policy prepared by the Ministry of ...Published on: 7 July 2010 | Republica
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WORLD REFUGEE DAY: UNHCR savours Nepal success
Resettlement of the Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal has become the largest resettlement programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), according to the UN body.Published on: 19 June 2010 | The Kathmandu Post
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Global economic crisis hits remittance inflow
Though, the number of Nepali migrant Nepali workers going for blue-collar jobs abraod has not decreased, the remittance inflow has slowed down.Published on: 16 June 2010 | The Himalayan Times
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Nepali maids at risk in S Arabia
The Human Rights Watch has urged Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to jointly investigate the abuse and apparent trafficking of Nepali domestic workers who agree to work in Kuwait but are instead trafficked into Saudi Arabia against their will and abandoned there.Published on: 9 June 2010 | Republica
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94 Nepalis working as ‘Bonded Labourers’ for Libyan Construction Company
Ninety-four Nepali construction workers in Libya have appealed to the Nepali government to rescue them immediately,Published on: 12 May 2010 | Republica
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116 Nepalis in Libya, Sudan await rescue
Ninety-four Nepali laborers working for a company in the north African country of Libya have appealed to the Nepal government for immediate rescue, saying they are being forced to work in miserable conditions.Published on: 12 May 2010 | Republica
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Nepali migrants among 140 arrested in Malaysia
Some 140 migrant workers including Nepalis have been arrested in the past few weeks in Malaysia. However, it has yet to be confirmed how many of those arrested were Nepali.Published on: 11 April 2010 | The Kathmandu Post
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Envoy for documentation of Nepali migrant workers
Nepali envoy to Saudi Arabia Hamid Ansari who is presently in Kathmandu, said it was difficult to tackle problems faced by Nepali workers due to the lack of legal documents with individual coming there for work.Published on: 1 April 2010 | The Kathmandu Post
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