Category: Nepal

Migrant Labor Nepal

MOU on Employment Fund for Migrant Workers signed (Nepali)

वैदेशिक रोजगारमा रहेका कामदारलाई कर्मचारी सञ्चय कोषमा आबद्ध गर्न सञ्चय कोष र गैरआवासीय नेपाली संघ (एनआरएनए) बीच सझदारी पत्र (एमओयू) मा हस्ताक्षर भएको छ । हाल विचाराधीन अवस्थामा रहेको ‘कर्मचारी सञ्जय कोष ऐनलाई संशोधन गर्न बनेको विधेयक’ पारित भएपछि वैदेशिक रोजगारमा कार्यरत कामदार कोषमा समेटिने छन् । सञ्चय कोषको मुख्यालय पुल्चोकमा आयोजित कार्यक्रममा कोषका प्रशासक […]

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Bangladesh India Jordan Migrant Labor Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

Despite Labour Laws, South Asian Workers Suffer in Jordan’s Billion Dollar Industries

South Asian workers from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh working in Jordanian garment factories in Dhulail Industrial City. Courtesy: Rina Mukherji.

Unlike other countries in West Asia, Jordan lacks petrodollars. In 1996, an agreement with the US gave the country preferential duty-free and quota-free access to the American market. This was the first such agreement the US ever had with an Arab nation and saw the establishment of Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) – essentially, industrial zones created […]

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Malaysia Migrant Labor Nepal

Hounded out of Malaysia

LEAVING IN DROVES: Nepali migrant workers queuing up for flights to Kathmandu at Kuala Lumpur International Airport last week.

Among the factors dissuading Nepalis from working in Malaysia is widespread harassment and robberies by locals After getting his boarding pass for a Kathmandu-bound plane, Basanta Basnet, 22, looked relaxed at Kuala Lumpur airport last week. He was going home after four years in Malaysia. When asked if he plans to return, he replied firmly: […]

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Bangladesh India Migrant Labor Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

SAARC initiative and migrant labour

The 2014 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit took an initiative on the issue of migrant labour. It sought to ensure safety, security, and wellbeing of their migrant workers in the destination countries outside the SAARC region. This was to be done with the help of international bodies such as the International Labour […]

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Migrant Labor Nepal

Foreign Employment Bond no attraction for migrant workers (Nepali)

बचतपत्रप्रति प्रवासी कामदार उदासीन सात वर्षदेखि प्रवासी कामदारलाई लक्षित गर्दै वैदेशिक रोजगार बचतपत्र जारी भइरहे पनि लक्षित वर्ग आकर्षित हुन सकेका छैनन् । विदेशमा कार्यरत र स्वदेश फर्केका अधिकांश कामदार अझै बचतपत्रबारे अनभिज्ञ छन् भने थाहा पाएकाहरूको पनि लगाव देखिँदैन । राष्ट्र बैंकले जारी गर्ने उक्त बचतपत्रको ब्याजदर अन्यभन्दा बढी रहँदै आएको छ । वैदेशिक […]

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Migrant Labor Nepal

Difficult days for Nepali migrant workers in Middle East

The Shiite-Sunni conflict and diminishing petro-earnings will affect two millions Nepali workers in the Middle East. The Middle East is once again in limelight due to the simmering diplomatic tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia and the constantly falling price of fossil fuel. While the world watches these major developments, Nepal needs to be vigilant […]

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Migrant Labor Nepal Qatar

Qatar is reforming labour laws, but is Nepal?

Under sustained international criticism Qatar has reformed its controversial laws governing migrant workers. But for significant improvement in labour conditions there have to be changes in the way the Nepal government and recruiters treat their own workers. After Qatar’s king approved an amendment to the law last week, more than 400,000 Nepali migrant workers, mostly hired for construction of […]

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