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If we open the national dailies, every day the pages are filled with labor recruiting agencies’ advertisements for Gulf and East Asian countries. Those destined to Middle East and Gulf States can easily be pointed out with similar hats and dress, the manifestation of common body gestures, brandishing passports and air tickets in hand, faces reflecting a grim smile, a bit of excitement mixed up with anxiety.
The intended goal of them being to save as much money as possible in a certain period of time to improve their own livelihoods and that of their families back home. The demand for Nepali workers comes, unsurprisingly, for largely unskilled labor. Stringent agreements made by the employment companies with the labourers stipulate that they cannot return home even in the event of severe illness or death the family. Despite being poorly paid, ill treated, and working under dangerous conditions, Nepalese are still queuing up in hordes to flee abroad.
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