March 2021
Opinion
Two decades of debate on female migration
hen we last wrote about Nepal’s Department of Immigration’s proposal requiring women under 40 years to obtain permission letters from […]
March 1, 2021
January 2021
Opinion
A few good agents
Photo: UPASANA KHADKA t the close of 2020, the Department of Foreign Employment (DOFE) conducted a sting operation on a recruiting […]
January 10, 2021
December 2020
Opinion
Nepali migration in the 2020s
he 20th International Migration Day on 18 December in the midst of the pandemic, with its disproportionate impact on migrants demands […]
December 18, 2020
November 2020
Opinion
Europe now favoured destination for Nepalis
Illustration: SAMBHRANT BISTA epali emigration conjures up images of migrant workers at construction sites in the Gulf or security guards […]
November 25, 2020
September 2020
Opinion
The future is older
In the next four decades, half of Japan’s population will be above 65. Last year, Japan signed an agreement with […]
September 29, 2020
July 2020
Opinion
Brokers going for broke
Labour Migration Outflows has Plummeted in 2019/20 Source : Foreign Employment Information Management System (FEIMS) ravel restrictions and the economic […]
July 20, 2020
March 2020
LABOUR MOBILITY
Crossborder virus and Nepali migrant workers
epal’s remittance-based economy has always been vulnerable to international upheavals like tension in West Asia, or economic downturn in Malaysia […]
March 10, 2020
February 2020
Opinion
Migrating for domestic work
An aspirant migrant worker in a language class. Photo: UPASANA KHADKA ctivists decry the ban on migrating for employment in […]
February 25, 2020
Opinion
Zero-sum game in zero-cost migration
An aspirant migrant worker appearing for a job interview in Kathmandu for Dubai-based positions. Photo: UPASANA KHADKA epal’s overseas migrant workers bear […]
February 2, 2020
January 2020
Opinion
Why has zero-cost migration not happened?
Photo : SHANKAR DAHAL abour migration touches every Nepali in one way or another. The pain of departure at the […]
January 10, 2020