Covid-19 restrictions once again cast uncertainty over labour migration again

After a disastrous 2020 when labour migration dropped to a new low, the foreign employment sector has once again started to feel the heat amid surge in Coronavirus cases.

Nepal’s labour migration sector, which was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic last year and was slowly back on a path to recovery, is once again staring at an uncertain future with the second wave of the pandemic gripping the country.