Qatar denies illegally expelling Nepali migrant workers

KATHMANDU, April 17: Qatar has rejected Amnesty Internationals’ claims that the Qatari government illegally expelled dozens of migrant workers including 20 Nepali men.

Amnesty International, after interviewing the expelled Nepali workers, had earlier accused the Qatari authorities of illegally detaining them alongside hundred others on March 12 and 13 telling them they were being taken to be tested for the COVID-19.