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Nepalis queueing up all night for proof of jab

Vaccine certificates are just another in a long checklist of permits and authorisations for Nepali workers headed overseas

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Nepal town to ban mothers migrating

Nepal has experimented with different kinds of restrictions on the mobility of its women migrant workers: age bans, blanket bans, country specific bans,...

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Job-seekers now also jab-seekers

In February 2020, Nepali migrant worker Min from Sindhupalchok was excited to visit Nepal after completing two years working in Kuwait. More...

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South Asia’s migrants share problems, share solutions

Regional cooperation needed to support migrants with problems in countries where they work

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Nepali migrants again caught up in 2nd wave

The numbers needing urgent help are not as high as last year

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Mindful of migrants' mental health

On January 20, Prabhu Nath Teli in Kapilvastu received a call from Krishna Chaudhary in Malaysia, a co-worker of his 24-year-old son...

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Why are labour officials transferred frequently?

Former DoFe officials says reform is not easy in a sector where malpractice is rife

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Delayed dreams for Korea-bound Nepalis

From his early years, Bhim Oli from Dang knew that he wanted to go abroad to work and earn so that he...

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Two decades of debate on female migration

A look back at how we have come back full circle in 20 years about the ban on migration. Or maybe we never left.

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Landlocked Nepalis sail the seven seas

saroj KC’s first memory as a crew member in a cruise liner was being awestruck at the sight of a humongous multi-level...

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