Home work on to bring Nepalis stranded abroad: Government

Kathmandu - The government is doing home work to bring home the Nepalis stranded in various labour destination countries due to the COVID-19. Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Rameshwar Raya Yadav, said this addressing to the Nepalis in foreign countries on Wednesday.

He said the government was seriously studying the option of bringing the stranded Nepalis home. Stating that a big amount of resources would be required to bring back a large number of Nepalis home at once, he said priority would be given to bring home the Nepalis stranded due to various reasons, the sick and the infirm. "Over around two million Nepali migrant workers are in the Gulf countries, in Malaysia and other countries.