Foreign Employment Sector Faces Systemic Issues and Discrimination

Nepal's economy is primarily sustained by foreign employment, a reality that cannot be denied or ignored. Every year, millions of youths pack their desires and dreams into a suitcase and stand at the departure gate of the international airport. With no other employment options in the country, traveling from the Gulf to Malaysia is their compulsion to secure their future and that of their families.

The manpower business acts as a strong bridge between this compulsion and these dreams. However, it is a tragedy that the very sector and its entrepreneurs who create the main environment for bringing in remittances and help millions of unemployed youths find job opportunities in the international market are treated as second-class, dishonored, and suspicious citizens by the state machinery, media, and society.