All repatriation flights called off for an indefinite period

While tens of thousands of Nepalis without jobs and enough food are still stranded in various countries and desperate to return home, the abrupt decision to suspend all evacuation flights puts them in further limbo.

At a time when tens of thousands of Nepalis, mainly migrant workers, were preparing to return home, the Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre on Monday abruptly asked the government to cancel all the planned evacuation flights for an indefinite period.