Worrying Issue Of Foreign Employment

Two youths, aspiring to go to South Korea as migrant workers, died in a police firing last Friday, bringing to our attention the pathetic condition of the foreign employment system in the country. Had the responsible authorities acted wisely and honestly, the two Nepali youngsters, each hailing from Accham and Dailekh districts, would not have died. While the police personnel deployed to maintain order were guilty of resorting to unnecessarily excessive force, the Employment Permission Service (EPS) Office failed to act in time to quell the rising tension of youths gathered in and around its office in Lalitpur, which resulted in the deaths of two aspirant workers and the torching of a minister’s vehicle.