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The survivors
The spectre of human trafficking looms large over Nepal. According to the Family Planning Association of Nepal, an estimated 200,000 Nepali girls and women are currently working in Indian brothels while around 7,000 more are trafficked every year. Domestic unemployment has meant that many Nepalis are seeking jobs overseas.Published on: 26 July 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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The grass on the other side
A strange language that she was just getting used to and lengthy summer days when the sun shone till 10 pm were the least of her concerns when she reached Germany. Swastika Kharel, 24, a student of medicine at Friedrichschiller Universität, Jena, describes her initial days in a foreign country as some of the most difficult and baffling ones in her life. Like many Nepali students who had lived a relatively easy life in their hometowns, Swastika too had difficulties adjusting to a demanding one when she went abroad for further studies.Published on: 26 July 2013 | Republica
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अफ्रिकामा ‘मजुरा नाच्दै’ नेपाली चेली
अमेरिका र युरोप लैजाने सपना देखाउँदै अफ्रिकालाई मानव तस्करीको ‘ट्रान्जिट’ बनाईरहको गिरोहले ‘मजुरा नाच’ देखाउन भन्दै अफ्रिकी मुलुकहरुमा नेपाली चेली ओसार्ने क्रम बढेको छ । नेपालीका लागि अनअराईभल भिसा दिईने अफ्रिकाका केन्या र तान्जानीयााममा त्यसरी ल्याइएका युवती नक्कली कागजात, ओभरस्टे, र भिसाविहीन हुँदा जेलसम्म पुग्ने गरेका छन् ।Published on: 25 July 2013 | Kantipur
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10 Nepalis arrested in Mexico while illegally entering into USA
Mexico detained 94 illegal immigrants including 10 Nepalis packed into a truck bound for the U.S. border. Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday that nine Bangladeshis were also among the people found near the southern city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, capital of Chiapas state, who were trying to reach the United States, officials said.Published on: 25 July 2013 | Republica
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Over 1,600 workers leaving daily
The Department of Foreign Employment record shows that 616,497 Nepali got foreign jobs permit and about 1,689 Nepalis got foreign job approval every day last fiscal year from the department. The outflow was just 384,665 a year back.Published on: 25 July 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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Rescued workers recount a harrowing tale
Nine Nepali migrant workers today recounted their 22-day-long ordeal in an isolated area of Turkey.Published on: 25 July 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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10 illegal Nepali immigrants held in Mexico
Mexico detained 94 illegal immigrants, including 10 from Nepal, packed into a truck bound for the US border, authorities said yesterday. Among the people found near the southern city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, capital of Chiapas state, were 10 Nepalis and nine Bangladeshis trying to reach the United States, officials said.Published on: 25 July 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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10 Nepalis among 94 held in Mexico
Mexican authorities have detained 94 illegal immigrants including 10 Nepali nationals packed into a truck bound for the US border. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that it has no information regarding the detention of Nepalis who tried to sneak to the US. The Nepali Embassy in the United States looks after Mexico.Published on: 25 July 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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Lured by dreams, Nepali women land in Africa dance bars
Lured by job opportunities in the US and Europe, many young Nepali women are being taken to African countries by their devious agents and forced to work there as bar dancers, and in some cases, as sex workers. African nations like Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have become a booming hub for dance bars run by migrant Indians these days.Published on: 25 July 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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टर्कीमा बन्धक आठ नेपाली फर्किए
टर्कीमा बन्धक बनाइएका नौजनामध्ये आठ नेपाली मंगलबार स्वदेश फर्किएका छन्। एकजना भने अपहरणमुक्त भए पनि टर्कीमै छन्। दुबईबाट वैदेशिक रोजगारका लागि ग्रिस हिँडेका उनीहरू टर्कीमा बन्धक बनाइएका थिए। आठजनालाई टर्की प्रहरी र अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय आप्रवासी संघको संयुक्त प्रयासमा नेपाल फर्काइएको हो। राजधानी आइपुग्नेमा बागलुङका दलबहादुर बुढाथोकी र तुलबहादुर घर्तीमगर, दाङका तिलकबहादुर पुन र चित्रबहादुर पुन, कास्कीका सुरेश गुरुङ, धरानका कसाङ तामाङ र मेखबहादुर छन्त्याल तथा रोल्पाका झपेन्द्र खड्का छन्।Published on: 25 July 2013 | Annapurna Post
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भारतीयद्वारा ४ नेपाली बन्धक
सशस्त्र प्रहरीद्वारा पक्राउ परेका आफ्ना एक साथीको रिहाइ माग गर्दै तस्करीमा संलग्न भारतीय समूहले बुधबार ४ नेपालीलाई ७ घन्टा बन्धक बनाएर छाडेको छ । बन्धक बनाइएकामा जाजरकोट जुँगाथापाचोक ८ घर भई भारत उत्तरप्रदेश मोतीपुर थानाअन्तर्गतको जमुनीमा खेतीकिसानी गर्दै आएका मनवीर शाही, उनकी पत्नी ललिता, छोरा तेजबहादुर र नातेदार खुम्बा शाही छन् । स्थानीय बलेपुर गाउँबाट दिउँसो साढे २ बजे बन्धक बनाएर आफ्ना साथी मिराक दर्जीलाई नेपाल प्रहरीले छाडिदिएपछि राति साढे ९ बजे मात्र उनीहरूलाई तस्कर समूहले मुक्त गरेको थियो ।Published on: 25 July 2013 | Kantipur
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टर्कीमा बन्धक ९ नेपाली स्वदेश फर्किए
कामको खोजीमा संयुक्त अरब इमिरेट्सको दुबईबाट युरोपेली मुलुक ग्रीस जाँदा अपहरणमा परेका ९ नेपाली १८ दिनको बन्धक जीवनपछि स्वदेश आइपुगेका छन् । उनीहरूसँगै गएका स्याङ्जा कुवाकोटका अर्जुन भण्डारीको भने मृत्यु भएको छ । वैदेशिक रोजगारीमा दुबई पुगेका उनीहरूलाई अपहरणकारी समूहले मासिक १७ सय युरो कमाइ हुने प्रलोभनमा त्यहाँबाट ग्रीस लगेका थिए । स्थल र समुद्री मार्ग हँुदै २५ औं दिनमा टर्की र ग्रीसको सिमानामा पुर्याई अपहरणकारीले फिरौती माग्दै बन्धक बनाएका थिए ।Published on: 25 July 2013 | Kantipur
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UCPN-M trade union to shut operations of five Hetauda factories
Demanding immediate enforcement of the newly agreed minimum remuneration, workers affiliated to the UCPN (Maoist) have announced to shut operations of five factories in Hetauda Industrial Estate from Tuesday.Published on: 24 July 2013 | Republica
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Malaysia displaces Qatar as top destination for Nepali workers
Malaysia has displaced Qatar as the top recruiter of Nepali migrant workers. In the last fiscal year, departures to that Southeast Asian country jumped a whopping 60 percent as state-owned companies exhibited a preference for Nepali workers over others.Published on: 24 July 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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Nepali gets death in UAE
A lower court in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced a Nepali migrant worker to death for his involvement in the murder of a Pakistani national. On October 25, 2012, a case was filed against Anish Khaling Rai, charging him with murdering the Pakistani national when a fight broke out between the two at a restaurant in the UAE.Published on: 24 July 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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यूएईमा नेपालीलाई मृत्युदण्ड
संयुक्त राष्ट्र इमिरेट्स (यूएई) को आबुधाबीस्थित तल्लो अदालतले पाकिस्तानी नागरिकको हत्या अभियोग लागेका नेपाली अनिश खालिङ राईलाई मृत्युदण्ड सुनाएको छ । मत्स्यपोखरी-३, संखुवासभाका निवासी २३ वषर्ीय राईलाई स्थानीय आबुधाबी अदालतले शनिबार मृत्युदण्ड सुनाएको हो । करिब डेढ वर्षअघि घरेलु कामका लागि आबुधाबी गएका राई ०६९ कात्तिक ९ देखि थुनामा छन् ।Published on: 24 July 2013 | Kantipur
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Ex-Kamaiyas demand proper rehabilitation
Marking the 13th year of the abolishment of the Kamaiya practice, the Freed Kamaiya Society and Kamaiya Women Awareness Society on Monday submitted a 14-point charter of demands to the government.Published on: 23 July 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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