Years after tragedy, relief reaches families of fallen migrant workers

After enduring silence and bureaucratic hurdles, relatives of Nepali migrant workers who died in Saudi Arabia are now receiving long-overdue relief.

For years, the family of Birkha Bahadur Yongya of Oyam in Yangwarak Rural Municipality–3, Panchthar, lived with unanswered questions and empty hands. Birkha died in a road accident while working in Saudi Arabia six years ago. His body was repatriated, the mourning rituals performed—but compensation, which he was legally entitled to under Saudi Arabia’s Social Security Insurance Scheme, never came.