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Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people
Nepal's economy relies on remittances from 2.5 million migrant workers, but 14,843 deaths abroad since 2008 highlight risks and exploitation in labor migration.
- Last year, Nepali migrant workers' bodies are returned daily to Nepali airports, while remittances provide over a third of Nepal's GDP, the World Bank reports.
- Chronic unemployment and limited land have driven around 2.5 million Nepalis to seek work abroad, leaving rural communities in Nepal's mountain valleys empty.
- Advocates and NGOs say that, under a 2007 law meant to regulate 'manpowers', licensed and rogue recruitment agencies often flout rules and charge vastly inflated fees.
- Families face both loss and disenfranchisement as a bereaved son recounted his father’s coffin returned from abroad, while the Supreme Court ruled but the electoral commission has not organised postal voting for Nepalis abroad in the March 5 election.
- The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security says it aims to safeguard migrant workers' interests but admits that "our only shortcoming is proper implementation".
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Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people
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Total News Sources31
Leaning Left2Leaning Right7Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution54% Right
Bias Distribution
- 54% of the sources lean Right
54% Right
15%
C 31%
R 54%
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