Status of Migrant Workers Nepal Case

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Status of Migrant WorkersNepal Case

• AKM Mazharul Islam
• Kazi Shak Farid
• Mohammad Ehteshamul Hoque
• Nirjala Bhattarai
• Raj Kumar
• Rokon Uddin Zahed

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Labor Migration

• Background
• (i) Migration started at the beginning 19th
  century by recruitment in British Army
• (ii) Opportunities intensified in 1980s
• (iii) The main pockets for labor migration were
  middle east and south east Asia
• (iii) Like other south Asian countries the
  migration started mostly with unskilled and
  semi-skilled laborers

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Reasons for Migration
(i) Political instability (ii) Scarcity of
resources (iii) Unemployment and
underemployment
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Status of Migrant Workers

• Usually younger people migrate in the age of
  28-30
• 9-11 of the total migrants are women
• Government data does not represent women because
  its not prestigious for the women to migrate as
  laborer.
• At least 1 member of 70 of household works in
  India. The number is 2.5 million (2006).

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Destination Countries

• Malyasia41.8Qatar 30.8Saudi Arabia
  15UAE 10.2

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Labor Agreements

• No labor Agreement
• MoU with UAE and Qatar

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New Destination

• South Korea ( from 2007)
• Iraq

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Features of the Workers

• Information regarding immigrants is minimal
• Pre-departure orientation certificate is
  mandatory but in practice, produce fake
  certificate
• Most of the immigrants are going to India
  illegally. 75-80 of the women, who are going
  illegally are victims to prostitution. They are
  mostly going to India, Malaysia, and Gulf
  Countries.

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Migration Policy

• Although there is a foreign employment act of
  1986, there is no migration policy at present.
• Government is very seriously thinking about it.

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Conclusion

• There is a NAFEA (National Association for
  Foreign Employment Agency), under which, there
  are more than 400 recruiting agencies, who
  demands two things
• Demands by the recruitment agencies
• 2 service charge should be withdrawn
• 5 tax deduction service
• security deposit of 3 million Nepalese rupees
  should be removes