Visit visa misuse amounting to human trafficking leaves Nepal officials in a fix

Birendra Chhetri of Dang has been stranded in the UAE for the past 10 months. He was lured there by the offer of the Dubai Police job, but he was fleeced of Rs 500,000 in the process. Now, he fears if he has to get into legal trouble even to return to Nepal.

Chhetri is a representative of many young people cheated by foreign employment agents and left stranded. Likewise, there is also a big number of youth who had gone to the UAE on visit visas, returning to Nepal after being stuck there for months and registering a complaint at the Department of Foreign Employment, seeking compensation.