Books and Reports

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...

Through analysis of 15,340 cases of 22,148 of individual migrant workers registered at Pravasi Nepali Coordination Committee (PNCC) during the period between 2014 and 2022, this study identifies the situation of the process of recruitment of Nepali migrant workers, decent work in the ...

This paper presents some of the key statistics relating to Nepali women’s migration for foreign jobs. The findings are based on an analysis of publicly available migration-related data and raw datasets provided by government institutions, including the National Population and Housin...

Although South Korea has emerged as a preferred work destination for Nepali migrants in recent years, there is a clear dearth of studies on the issues of Nepali workers’ migration to South Korea. This paper looks at South Korea-bound migrant workers’ socio-economic characteristics...