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An other Rubicon called the Brigade of Gurkhas
This piece is on “Who Will Be A Gurkha,” the 75-min documentary film made by Kesang Tseten and shown at the recent 10th KIMFF (Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival).Published on: 21 December 2012 | Republica
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आप्रवासी कामदारको अधिकार संरक्षण कसरी ?
नेपालीको बढ्दो आप्रवासनको क्रमसँगै विभिन्न समस्या र चुनौतीहरू पनि थपिएका छन् । सचेतनाको कमी, आलेखबद्ध रूपमा जाने प्रवृत्ति, वैदेशिक रोजगारीमा हुने ठगी, रोजगारदाता मुलुकहरूमा गएपछि मर्यादित काम नपाउने, पारिश्रमिक र सेवासुविधा न्युन हुने, आधारभूत श्रम मापदण्डका साथै मानवअधिकारको अभाव, घरेलु महिला कामदारहरू विभिन्न समस्यामा पर्ने आदि वैदेशिक रोजगारका प्रमुख समस्या हुन् । यी समस्यालाई समाधान गरी वैदेशिक रोजगारलाई सुरक्षित, मर्यादित र व्यवस्थित बनाउन नेपाल सरकार प्रयासरत रहिआएको छ ।Published on: 20 December 2012 | Kantipur
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युवती लुट्ने अध्यागमनका ३ कर्मचारी निलम्बित
साउदी अरबबाट फिरेकी भोजपुरकी युवतीलाई अध्यागमन कर्मचारी र प्रहरीको मिलेमतोमा पैसा लुट्ने तथा यौन दुव्र्यवहार गरिएकोबारे अनुसन्धानमा अध्यागमन विभागका दुई शाखा अधिकृतसहित एक नायब सुब्बा निलम्बनमा परेका छन् ।Published on: 20 December 2012 | Kantipur
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Returnee migrants seek financial support
Migrant workers who have returned from foreign jobs have asked the government to provide financial support to start enterprises in the country. The government should bring a special package for returnee migrant workers to utilise their skills, they said in an interaction today.Published on: 20 December 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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Fraud by outsourcers still a challenge to safe migration
Fraud being committed by erring outsourcing agencies and their agents have been a challenge in managing safe migration. The Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) has registered about 782 fraud cases in the first four months of the current fiscal year.Published on: 20 December 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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Overhaul migration
Migration to countries of the Gulf and East Asia has caused a major impact on Nepal’s social fabric. Every day 1,500 job seekers fly abroad for employment and annual remittances amount to around 23 percent of the GDP. This makes Nepal one of the top five remittance-receiving countries in terms of remittance to GDP ratio. Unsurprisingly, there has been much talk in the media about migrant labour over the years.Published on: 20 December 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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Not all Nepali migrant workers have all the luck
Around 40 migrant workers bound for various countries received garlands from the under-secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Tuesday. The act is one of many annual rituals the government performs on the occasion of International Migrants’ Day.Published on: 19 December 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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वैदेशिक रोजगारमा फरक धारको बहस
आज नेपालमा कामदार नभएर घर निर्माण, बाख्रा चराउन, धान काट्नसमेत भारतीय कामदार आउन थालिसके, यसैले फरक धारको छलफल आवश्यक छ ।Published on: 19 December 2012 | Kantipur
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पयर्टन भिसामा युएई जानेमाथि कडाइ
पर्यटन भिसामा युनाइटेड अरब इमिरेट्स (युएई) जानेमाथि सरकारले कडाइ गरेको छ। युएईलाई ट्रान्जिट बनाएर अवैध तरीकाले व्यक्तिगत तवरमा इराक, अफगानिस्तानलगायतका देशमा जानेको संख्या बढेपछि सरकारले कडाइ गरेको हो। युएईलाई ट्रान्जिट बनाउनेसँग नक्कली 'पर्यटन भिसा' बढी भेटिएका छन्।Published on: 19 December 2012 | Nagarik
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Employment fund to start two pilot programmes
a multi donor employment initiative — will start two pilot programmes targeting employment and self-reliant for youths. According to the fund, one of the training programmes has been especially designed to support the extremely poor and differently-abled youths in getting jobs or to be self-reliant.Published on: 19 December 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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Migration imperative
As 2012 draws to a close, not one but two Ministers of Labour and Employment have been dismissed due to allegations of corruption. Sarita Giri continues to reject the claims, but for Kumar Belbase, shown on video asking for bribes from a recruitment agent, such strident denials have proved more difficult.Published on: 18 December 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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TIA official, cop rob woman
In a classic case of guardians of the law turning lawbreakers, an official at the Tribhuvan International Airport and a police constable robbed a woman returning from Saudi Arabia four weeks ago.Published on: 18 December 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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जनगणनाको नतिजा र वैदेशिक रोजगार
हामीले नेपाली युवाहरू ३० लाख वैदेशिक रोजगारमा छन् भनी आए तापनि यस पटकको जनगणनाले झन्डै २० लाख(वा १९ लाख २१ हजार ४ सय ९४ जना) वा अनुपस्थित जनसंख्या भई वैदेशिक रोजगारमा गएको देखाएको छ, जुन २०५८ को जनगणनामा ७ लाख ६२ हजार १ सय ८१ मात्र थियो ।Published on: 18 December 2012 | Kantipur
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नक्कली श्रम स्वीकृतिमा जाने फर्के
वैदेशिक रोजगार विभागको नक्कली श्रम स्वीकृति बनाएर यूएईको दुबई जान लागेका दुई कामदारलाई विमानस्थलस्थित श्रम डेस्कले सोमबार फर्काइदिएको छ । डेस्कले श्रमस्वीकृति निस्सा शंकास्पद देखिएकाले अनुसन्धानका लागि भन्दै फर्काएको हो ।Published on: 18 December 2012 | Kantipur
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Here to stay
Labor migration is often seen as a challenge for the countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, their people and societies. But it can also be seen as an opportunity: Remittance flows in the region represent a huge, largely untapped development potential.Published on: 18 December 2012 | Republica
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Laws of the land
Those who entered foreign employment and became successful in it have invested remittance money after meeting their basic needs . Most of these investments are in their priority area of housing plots and lands. As a result, many landless migrants have become landowners across the country.Published on: 17 December 2012 | Republica
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Migrants protest in HK
Migrant workers from Nepal, Indonesia, Philippines and other Asian countries protested in Hong Kong for migrant rights. About 2,000 workers took part in a rally organised to mark the International Migrants Day that falls on December 18.Published on: 17 December 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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