6,000 Nepalis in Gulf apply to return home

82,100 have registered on the foreign ministry portal, but lately fewer are reporting unsafe conditions, say officials.

With the ongoing war in West Asia showing no sign of ending, at least 6,000 Nepalis living and working in various countries in the Gulf have applied to return home, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. Around two million Nepalis, including both officially registered and unregistered workers, live and work in the region.