Nepal's top court has ordered the government to bring back migrant workers stranded abroad in the coronavirus crisis after the country barred its own citizens from returning.
Nepal's top court has ordered the government to bring back migrant workers stranded abroad in the coronavirus crisis after the country barred its own citizens from returning.
Up to 2.6 million Nepali migrants are estimated to be in the Gulf, Malaysia and Korea and labour rights activists say many have lost their jobs due to coronavirus lockdowns in those countries, leaving them highly vulnerable.
The government has banned them from returning home for fear they could spread the virus, but the Supreme Court said the government could not sit by while its own citizens struggled.
Up to 2.6 million Nepali migrants are estimated to be in the Gulf, Malaysia and Korea and labour rights activists say many have lost their jobs due to coronavirus lockdowns in those countries, leaving them highly vulnerable.
The government has banned them from returning home for fear they could spread the virus, but the Supreme Court said the government could not sit by while its own citizens struggled.
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