HoR session: Govt's attention drawn to illegal travel of Nepali migrant workers to demands of Federal Parliament

 Kathmandu, June 24: Lawmaker Dhanraj Gurung has briefed the House that Nepali women are being sent to Kuwait and other countries unlawfully and the cases are rising. He drew the government's attention towards the need to address the issues.

Though the travel of Nepali women to some countries including Kuwait as domestic help is prohibited by law, it has not been implemented in practice, he said.

Airing his views in a meeting of the House of Representatives today, the Nepali Congress lawmaker said out of 41,000 Nepali women migrant workers presently in Kuwait, 27,000  reportedly reached their illegally.  He apprised the House that he had information that 10,000 Nepali women were trafficked to Kuwait in the past six months. 

 Similarly, as he said, he happened to meet five youths sent back home from Belgrade while he was on the way back home after attending an event organized by the Nepali Liaison Committee in Kuwait. It was reported that a manpower company in Jhapa facilitated their travel there taking charge of Rs 650,000 per head. "I want to draw the attention of the House to this matter," he said.

Samjhana Thapaliya expressed her concerns over the increasing security threat in Madhesh including in Siraha lately. "The cases of looting and dacoity are on the rise. Money from finance has been looted, but none has been arrested so far."

Manish Jha urged the government to take swift action to address the concerns of Federal Parliament employees as soon as possible.  Rama Koirala also demanded the government to find a solution to the issues concerning Federal Parliament employees through a dialogue. She also took time to draw the attention of the government to the 'illegal transport' of Nepali workers to Iraq.

Ram Krishna Yadav called for an end to 'insecurity, 'unemployment' and 'corruption' in society, expressing his concern over a delay in paying dairy farmers.

Though the meeting was scheduled to start at 11:00 am, it was delayed by one and a half hours due to talks held to address the demands of Federal Parliament employees.