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Rapid assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on private recruitment agencies in Nepal
Year of Publication: 2021
A number of policy decisions relating to the private recruitment agencies (PRAs) have been made in Nepal, and there have been some news reports of these decisions benefiting the agencies. However, there ...
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Nepali Migration to Japan and Korea: Converging Ends, Diverging Paths, and Contrasting Effects
Year of Publication: 2021
Published by: CESLAM
Japan and South Korea hold the same goal of preventing unskilled foreigners from settling down while implementing different immigration policies. This paper documents the migration experiences of Nepali workers in the two ...
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Between a rock and a hard place: Early experience of migration challenges under the COVID19 pandemic
Year of Publication: 2020
The seven countries of the AGRUMIG project – China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand – are all severely affected by the rupture in migration patterns. The impacts are a complex ...
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COVID-19 and Nepali Labour Migrants: Impacts and Responses
Year of Publication: 2020
Published by: CESLAM
The pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, has had enormous repercussions as a global health and safety risk and it has also reshaped the socio-economic and political landscapes. The highly infectious ...
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लकडाउनमा आत्महत्या र यसले उब्जाएका प्रश्न
Year of Publication: 2020
नेपाली समाजमा छोरीको स्थान परिभाषित गर्ने सामाजिक–सांस्कृतिक सन्दर्भ तथा मान्यताका कारण केटाहरूको तुलनामा केटीहरू आत्महत्याको उच्च जोखिममा छन् ।
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Failing our migrant workers
Year of Publication: 2020
One would have expected the present government to be more attuned to the challenges faced by workers in destination countries.
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हचुवामा उद्धार र घरफिर्ती
Year of Publication: 2020
पहिलोपटक विदेश गएका तथा केही महिनामै रोजगारी गुमाएका र रोजगारदाताबाट टिकट खर्च पनि नपाएकाहरूले फर्किंदा लाग्ने ५० हजारदेखि १ लाखसम्मको खर्च उठाउन सक्लान् भनी आशा गर्नु अमानवीय हो ।
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Nationalism, migration and the impending job crisis
Year of Publication: 2020
Communist parties have always disliked the idea of out-migration yet have done little to help Nepalis stay back.
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रेमिट्यान्समा कोरोनाको जोखिम: सरकारको कमजोर तयारी
Year of Publication: 2020
विश्वव्यापी सन्दर्भमा हेर्दा कोरोनाबाट धेरै प्रभावित देश र ती देशसँग व्यापारिक सम्बन्ध धेरै भएका देशहरुमा असर देखिसकेको छ ।
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The Benefits of Fair Recruitment: Results of the Impact Study on the Nepal-Jordan Corridor
Year of Publication: 2019
The ILO conducted a fair recruitment pilot for migrants in the apparel sector moving through the Nepal-Jordan corridor during the period 2017-2018. An impact evaluation was conducted to assess the feasibility of ...
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Migrants and the new phenomena of Non-Resident Nepalis
Year of Publication: 2019
The Non-Resident Nepali Association’s conference feels like a festival. But the NRNs need to learn to behave.
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Advancing Workers’ Rights under SDGs: Policy and Situational Analysis of Decent Work in Nepal
Year of Publication: 2019
Published by: CESLAM
This study seeks to review and analyse Nepal’s legal and policy provisions as they relate to the country’s commitment to and recent progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8, particularly the ...
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Making sense of law reforms in Qatar for Nepali migrant workers
Year of Publication: 2019
The new laws seem to be progressive, but implementation is key. Nepal can help by adding pressure.
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Labour Migration from Nepal-Factsheet: United Arab Emirates
Year of Publication: 2019
Published by: CESLAM and Foreign Employment Board
According to the data from the Department of Foreign Employment, over 760,000 labour permits were issued for UAE-bound Nepali workers in the last two and a half decades. The number of labour ...
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Labour Migration from Nepal-Factsheet: South Korea
Year of Publication: 2019
Published by: CESLAM and Foreign Employment Board
According to data obtained from the Department of Foreign Employment, over 40,000 Nepali workers went to South Korea for work in just over a decade between 2006/07 and 2016/17. Although there are ...
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Labour Migration from Nepal-Factsheet: Saudi Arabia
Year of Publication: 2019
Published by: CESLAM and Foreign Employment Board
The Gulf countries in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular, have emerged as the prime destination for Nepali migrants. Although there is no record of the first arrival of Nepali migrants in Saudi ...
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Labour Migration from Nepal-Factsheet: Qatar
Year of Publication: 2019
Published by: CESLAM and Foreign Employment Board
According to the data made available by the Department of Foreign Employment, a total of 1,388,106 labour permits were issued for Qatar from the years 1993/9419 through 2017/18. More than 100,000 labour permits ...
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