Saturday 27th April 2024
Nepali nationals landing jobs in international locations has become a complex task as government data reflects that slightly more than one-third of the previous year’s populace clinched international jobs.
As per the Department of Foreign Employment data, the department issued only 72,081 labor permits to Nepal citizens from mid-July 2020 to mid-July 2021.
The data, excluding permit renewals, is presented in a tabular form below:
| S.No | Country | Male | Female | Total |
| 1 | Malaysia | 103 | 4 | 107 |
| 2 | Qatar | 21077 | 1054 | 22131 |
| 3 | Saudi | 23239 | 85 | 23324 |
| 4 | UAE | 9259 | 2352 | 11611 |
| 5 | Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Bahrain | 2972 | 174 | 3146 |
| 7 | Oman | 1401 | 155 | 1556 |
| 8 | Korea | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Israel | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 1070 | 3 | 1073 |
| 12 | Japan | 468 | 85 | 553 |
| 13 | Others | 5295 | 3264 | 8559 |
| Grand Total | – | 64903 | 7178 | 72081 |
The General Secretary of Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies, Sujith Shreshta, opined that Nepal’s chances of securing foreign employment were impacted adversely by the emergence of COVID-19.
Though the keenness to migrate from Nepal exists among the citizens, the lack of demand has created this dip.
Madhu Pandit, a Foreign employment expert, opined that this dip would impact the country’s socio-economic health adversely in the long run. He stressed that the government has to remedy this situation as remittances are a significant source of income to the national economy.
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