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Exploited abroad, unemployed at home
When Laxmi Tamang was asked to travel from Kathmandu to New Delhi via bus and only then board her flight to Kuwait, she thought little of it. It was 2018 and 27-year-old Tamang believed that the route was necessary because Nepal did not have direct flights to Kuwait. She was going to Mangaf, a city on the eastern shore of Kuwait, to work as domestic help.
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Saudi’s labour reforms for millions of migrants draw mixed reaction
Saudi Arabia has introduced massive labour reforms aimed at millions of expats working in the country. A slew of reforms, which came into effect from Sunday, will benefit over 10 million expatriates living in the kingdom, including Nepali migrant workers.
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Recruiting agencies irked by ‘government intention’ to send workers to Qatar on its own
Foreign employment recruiting agencies are yet again in the mood for confrontation with the government. This time, the disagreement surfaced after the government announced plans to send Nepali workers to Qatar under a Government-to-Government modality.
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700,000 apply for prime minister job scheme that aims to employ 200,000 this fiscal year
More than 700,000 have applied for employment opportunities under the Prime Minister Employment Programme, which provides a minimum 100 days of wage-employment for jobless citizens. This reflects the unemployment scenario in the country in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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कोरोना भाइरस अर्थतन्त्र : कोभिड-१९ महामारी फैलिएको भए पनि कसरी बढ्यो नेपाल आउने रेमिट्यान्स
कोरोनाभाइरस महामारी फैलिएको भए पनि यसपालि अघिल्लो वर्षको तुलनामा झन्डै ११ प्रतिशतले विप्रेषण वृद्धि भएको तथ्याङ्कले देखाएको छ। यसबाट वैदेशिक रोजगारीको क्षेत्र तत्काल कोभिड-१९ को ठूलो जोखिममा नरहेको सङ्केत देखिएको अधिकारी तथा विज्ञहरूको धारणा छ।
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Pandemic devastates the employment sector—both domestic and foreign
Covid-19 taught Nepalis a painful lesson that overreliance on foreign jobs is dangerous for the households and national economy, but policy makers have failed to employ returning workers, forcing them to go back again.
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Immigration authorities consider changes in laws to check Nepalis leaving on visit visas to work abroad
Labour migration experts say while the proposed changes may have good intentions, requirements like English communication skill is not going to resolve the problem rooted in lack of jobs at home and dishonest recruitment agencies.
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सरकारको स्पष्ट निर्देशन नहुँदा आप्रवासी नेपाली श्रमिकलाई स्वदेश फर्कन सास्ती : विज्ञ
सरकारको स्पष्ट निर्देशन नहुँदा कोभिड–१९ (कोरोना भाइरस) का कारण अप्ठ्यारोमा परेका आप्रवासी नेपाली श्रमिकहरुले स्वदेश फर्कने क्रममा निकै ठूलो सास्ती झेल्नु परेको विज्ञहरुले औँल्याएका छन्।
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Making workers pay for Israel jobs is a step back from zero cost to employees policy
Nepal’s recent labour agreements make employers bear recruitment fees, airfare and other related costs, but the latest accord to send 500 nurses to Israel makes them pay these fees.
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Nepal and Israel to ink labour deal for caregiver jobs
In the first phase, 500 Nepalis will get jobs in Israel. But labour migration experts say the number is too small to do any good for the country.
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Malaysia reserving jobs for local citizens to further shrink space for Nepalis reeling under pandemic
With the latest initiatives of the Malaysian government, Nepal’s foreign labour market, which has been drying up in recent years, will suffer more job cuts, fear experts.
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भारतबाट बर्सेनि सवा खर्ब भित्र्याउने १० लाख श्रमिक उपेक्षित
सरकारले भारत जाने नेपाली श्रमिकलाई आफ्नो अभिलेखमा राखी सुरक्षाको जिम्मेवारी लिने गरेको छैन । यसले तल्लो वर्गका श्रमिकमाथि आइपर्ने जोखिमलाई न्यूनीकरण गरेको छैन ।
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श्रम स्वीकृति नलिएकाको उद्धार कसले गर्ने ?
‘हामीजस्तो गैरकानुनी हैसियतमा बस्नेलाई कसैले हेरेको छैन । यो समयमा सबैभन्दा बढी जोखिममा त हामी नै छौं। हाम्रो पीडामाथि सबै मिलेर मादल बजाउने काम भयो । त्यो धुनमा हामीलाई नचाइयो । नेपाल जाने विषय पनि दन्त्य कथाजस्तो हुन लाग्यो ।’
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नेपाली कामदारले उपचार पाएनन् : आयोग
राष्ट्रिय मानवअधिकार आयोगले वैदेशिक रोजगारीमा रहेका कोरोना संक्रमित नेपाली कामदारले उचित स्वास्थ्य सेवा, कोरोना परीक्षण र उपचारबाट वञ्चित भएको जनाएको छ ।
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Rights watchdog comes down on government over migrant repatriation
As a result of poor preparations, the number of workers languishing abroad goes up by the day and they get no support from authorities, National Human Rights Commission says.
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पहुँचवालाको मात्र उद्दार गरिएको खुलासा
खाडी र मलेसियाका अधिकांश रोजगारदाताले कोरोना सङ्कटलाई कारण देखाउँदै श्रमिकहरूलाई पूर्व जानकारी बिना नै रोजगारीबाट निष्कासन गरेका पाईएको हो । यती मात्र होईन रोजगारी गुमाएका आधा नेपाली श्रमिकको बारेमा नेपाल सरकार अहिले पनि बेखबर रहेको देखिएको छ ।
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विदेशबाट फर्कन हारगुहार
वैदेशिक रोजगारीमा गएका नेपाली गन्तव्य मुलुकमा कोरोना भाइरसको महामारी फैलिएपछि घर फर्कन आतुर रहेको पाइएका छन्। तर समस्यामा परेकाले जतिसुकै हारगुहार गरे पनि सरकारी निकायको उद्धार प्रक्रिया भने निकै सुस्त छ।
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