A new research report by the renowned human rights organization, Amnesty International (AI), raised deep concerns being faced by Nepali migrant workers.<\/p>\n
The survey carried out on Nepali migrant labor in Malaysia<\/a> and Nepal concluded that almost two-thirds of survey respondents had to pay high and illegal recruitment fees to the recruitment agencies for foreign employment.<\/p>\n 88% of the respondents in mobile phone survey of 414 Nepali migrant workers reported payment of fees to agents for overseas jobs. \u201cBecause these fees are so high, the majority had to borrow more than half the sum from village moneylenders, placing them in debt,\u201d the report noted.<\/p>\n To meet such high demands of the middlemen, many workers are finding no way other than limiting themselves to low-paid jobs or remain exploited to clear their debts.<\/p>\n \u201cWorkers\u2019 calculations about how they will repay these loans are often derailed by unpaid wages or other forms of labor exploitation,\u201d concluded the report.<\/p>\n More than 53 percent of the surveyed reported lower monthly salaries than what was promised by the recruitment agents.<\/p>\n Such situation was reportedly found in case of Nepali migrant labor in Qatar<\/a> working for the construction of stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\nA Special Case<\/h4>\n