Concerns mount over rising Nepali migrant deaths

Around 15 Nepali workers die abroad each month. Reports says 95 migrants from Gandaki Province died abroad in the first six months of this fiscal year.

The number of Nepali migrant workers from Gandaki Province dying on foreign shores has reached concerning levels, as shown by the data released by the Safer Migration Project (SaMI), a bilateral initiative of the governments of Nepal and Switzerland.