No takers for government’s migrant repatriation plan

Since the government launched its repatriation scheme in June following outbreaks of Covid-19 in labour destination countries, a total of 103,807 Nepalis, including migrant workers, have returned home from 59 countries under the evacuation plan.

Not a single Nepali worker applied to the country’s diplomatic missions abroad seeking repatriation under the government’s Covid-19 evacuation plan in the first week of October, official data shows.