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]]>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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]]>Nepal Labor, Employment & Social Security Minister Gokarna Bista and UAE Ambassador to Nepal Saeed Hamdan Al Naqei reached a decision to conduct the groundwork for the revision of the labor agreement at a meeting on September 26, 2018.
Developments of the meeting published by the Nepal Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security are as follows:
- Bista persuaded Naqei to create a ‘zero-recruitment fee’ environment for Nepali migrants while also adding that they should be insured round-the-clock and be given wages in accordance with the labor contract
- Health checkups should be accepted by all health institutions mandated by the government in accordance with the fixed standards
- Bista also pitched for continued coordination and bilateral talks between Nepal and UAE to ensure Nepali migrants’ welfare, availability of facilities provided by the UAE Government and assure the migrants a sense of pride and happiness
In turn, UAE Ambassador Naqei assured the Nepali Government that UAE was supportive towards their concerns and emphasized on the need for both countries’ mutual efforts to create an exceptional labor ecosystem.
Back in 2017, following a rift between Qatar and Saudi Arabia and a series of other events, Gulf countries witnessed a sharp decline in the number of Nepali Migrants applying for work permits to these countries. Migrant security and future in Gulf counties were fragile.
However, fast-forward to 2018, things seem to be promising in the wake of new developments such as the ‘revised labor agreement’ and hope from Nepal-Qatar collaborative projects.
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