Desperate youths from Maoist heartland hit US wall

Residents of Maoist strongholds that opposed ‘American imperialism’ paid traffickers huge sums to go to the States.

Bharat Budha, chair of Putha Uttarganga Rural Municipality’s ward 10, knows that many youths from his village have made it to the United States via ‘ tallo bato ’—backdoor route—and that many are still on the way. He also knows that eight of them have been deported from the country and that they have lost a cumulative Rs45 million in the process. The deported youths say that they returned home empty-handed after facing unspeakable ordeals and lost Rs6 million each on average.