Migrant workers in foreign countries

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The government is to provide free legal aid services to those Nepali migrant workers serving a jail sentence in various foreign countries.In an initial phase, the Foreign Employment Promotion Board has sent Rs 5.5 million to Nepali embassies based in six labour receiving countries to make necessary arrangements in this regard. Board Executive Director Raghuraj Kafle said Rs one million has been sent each to Nepali Embassy in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait and Rs 500 thousand has been dispatched for Oman. He said additional amount will be sent as per the necessity.The Board has prepared the draft of the guideline relating to the legal aid to be provided for migrant workers and sent it to the Ministry of Labour and Employment for further action. The Board is also preparing to send the amount to other foreign countries as well for the welfare of Nepalis spending time in prisons there.The Board has data that hundreds of Nepalis are doing time in various foreign countries and millions of rupees are estimated to cost to provide them with free legal aid.Besides, the Board is preparing to plead for those Nepalis convicted by a lower court of a respective labour receiving country through an appeal to a higher court. The reality is that a number of Nepalis spending time in jails in foreign courtiers are caught in difficulties due to language problem and they are expected to be benefited by the free legal aid, said a Board employee.

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