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Government underestimates number of workers awaiting repatriation, say experts
While officials say 25,000 will be brought home in the first phase, the plan will leave behind a majority of Nepalis whose conditions are worsening due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: Thousands of Nepali migrant workers remain in limbo
Hundreds of thousands of Nepali migrant workers are directly affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. To learn more about their precarious situation, FUF Magazine spoke with Dr. Jeevan Baniya, a labour and migration expert from Kathmandu.
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Government eyes massive 700,000 jobs within the country
Experts say the government plan of creating jobs is neither new nor adequate to deal with the Covid-19 fallout.
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कामदारको दायित्व गन्तव्य देशकै
वैदेशिक रोजगारीका लागि खाडी तथा मलेसियामा रहेका झन्डै १५ लाख नेपाली कामदारलाई अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय कानुनबमोजिम सम्बन्धित देशले संरक्षण गर्नुपर्ने अडानमा नेपाल सरकार देखिएको छ । नेपालले महामारीको समयमा नेपालीलाई आफ्ना नागरिकसरह उचित स्वास्थ्य सेवा, गुणस्तरीय आवास र खाद्यान्नको प्रत्याभूति दिन आग्रह गरेको छ ।
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Recruiting agencies want their guarantee amount back as their business is affected due to Covid-19
Government could provide some concessions depending on the status of recruiting agencies but also need to make such agencies responsible towards plights of migrant workers, experts say.
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Migrant workers can use foreign governments’ amnesties to return without legal hassles
Nepal should utilise these relaxations by labour hosting nations to bring citizens home, experts say.
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Seed money for migrant workers, entrepreneurs as government targets employment opportunities inside country
Without hassle-free procedures for accessing the initial capital and set criteria as per the vulnerability of migrant workers, the scheme can not yield expected results, experts say.
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Migrant deaths: The human cost of Nepal's remittance-dependent economy
While the remittance economy has lifted many Nepali households out of poverty, many migrant workers die abroad under mysterious circumstances. The system is also disrupting the social fabric of Nepal.
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Nepal economy in tatters as foreign remittances start dwindling
Plunging remittances have threatened small economies of developing countries like Nepal that partially depend on money sent home by migrants. According to the World Bank, Nepal received remittances worth $8.64 billion or 27.3 per cent of its GDP in 2019, among the highest in South Asia. However, a recent World Bank report warned that this year remittances could drop as much as 14 percent or $1.2 billion.
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Coronavirus slammed remittances, Nepal's main livelihood
And it is that only in 2019, remittances amounted to 8,640 million dollars, which accounted for 27.3% of Nepal's gross domestic product, according to data from the World Bank, which foresees for this year a drop of 14% due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nepal and COVID-19: Never ending peace and lockdown?
This episode focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by the government to slow its spread, particularly the ongoing nationwide lockdown, on the Nepali economy, the labour market and on the millions of Nepali migrant workers currently stranded abroad or stuck at home. Hanna Geschewski spoke to economist Dr Achyut Wagle and labour migration expert Dr Jeevan Baniya.
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COVID-19 strikes South Asia's minorities whose rights are already threatened
A new report warns that the minorities and other marginalised communities are even more exposed to the worst impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is hitting South Asia.
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Coronavirus severs Nepal’s economic lifeline
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Nepal is losing its lifeline: international labor migration.
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विदेशमा रहेका श्रमिकको उद्धारबारे विज्ञ भन्छन्–पैसाको लोभ नगरौं
नेपाल र श्रम गन्तब्य मुलकुमा अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय उडान कहिले खुल्छन भन्ने पनि स्पष्ट छैन । यस्तोबेला समस्यामा परेका सरकार आफैं उद्धारका लागि आफू बसेको देशसम्म आइपुग्छ भन्ने विश्वास श्रमिकहरुलाई छैन ।
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'We don’t want to die in this desert': Nepali workers in the UAE plead to be brought home
Dozens of Nepalis have already been forced to live on the streets with no shelter and nothing to eat after quitting their jobs.
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के होला ६५ लाख श्रमिकको भविष्य ?
कोरोना प्रभाव सुरु भएसँगै श्रम गन्तव्य देशहरूमा रहेका लाखौं कामदार जोखिममा परेका छन् । ठूलो संख्यामा श्रमशक्ति नेपालमै अड्किएका छन् । यस्तो अवस्थामा रेमिट्यान्समा आधारित नेपालको अर्थतन्त्रमा कस्तो असर पर्ला ? त्यसले पार्ने सामाजिक प्रभाव कस्तो होला ?
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महामारी पछिको संकटः नेपालले गर्नुपर्ने तयारी
कोभिड १९ को महामारी वर्तमान गतिमा नै अरु केहि महिना जारी रहेमा त्यसले निम्त्याउने रोजगारी संकट र त्यसका कारण सिर्जना हुने आर्थिक मन्दी अझ गम्भीर हुनेछ ।
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