Books and Reports

The Safer Migration (SaMi) Programme (previously SaMi Project) was launched in 2011 as a collaborative effort between the governments of Nepal and Switzerland to prioritise the rights and welfare of Nepali migrants and their families. Currently in its third phase (16 September 2018 �...

The Nepal Labour Migration Report 2022 summarises the major trends and activities in labour migration governance in the country. For analytical purposes, it focuses on quantitative database retrieved from the Foreign Employment Information Management System (FEIMS) maintained from 201...

In the context of the high significance of remittances to the national economy, Status of Remittances in Nepal examines the trends and scale of remittance inflows into the country—from decades past to the present day. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the volume of remitt...

This paper aims to fill this gap, examining the interplay between pre-migration and post-return contextual factors, migration conditions abroad and circumstances of return to study how they impact the reintegration process of returnee women migrant workers (RWMWs) into Nepal’s labou...

Among the many initiatives, the possibility of ‘zero-cost migration’ for workers has received much consideration as the ‘ideal condition’ or an ‘aspiration’ in bilateral labour negotiations, regional discussions and international forums. Thus, when the Government of Nepal ...

Despite the economic benefits of labour migration, migrant workers often encounter significant challenges pre-migration, in destination country and after returning home undermining their wellbeing and rights. Among the various challenges migrant workers face, imprisonment, their acces...

This study, as part of the Korea Returnee Migrant Project, K-HaMi (Korea Happy Migration, 2022-2028) project, was conducted to better understand the expectations and needs of Nepali migrant workers returning from South Korea, with a focus on the challenges they face in reintegration. ...

The annotated bibliography incorporates 216 journal articles, research reports, books, dissertations on child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in Nepal. It also includes all the policies and legal frameworks on child labour, forced labour and trafficking in Nepal, along wit...

State of Migration in Nepal uses publicly accessible information to provide an overview of the current state of different forms of migration in Nepal. Drawing mainly upon national-level surveys and censuses conducted over the last decade and more, it seeks to examine patterns of migr...

The issue of reintegration carries utmost importance for Nepal due to the temporariness of labour migration from the country. The popular destination countries such as the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and Malaysia have restrictive policies for integration into host societies, re...