KATHMANDU, Dec 13: More than 450 thousand people enter the labour market every year in Nepal.
Nearly 1,500 people leave the country for foreign employment every day.
The number of youths going on foreign employment by taking labour permit has reached 3 million 21 thousand 302 as of November 15, and of them, 91 thousand 308 are women, according to the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment is marking the International Day of Migrants 2013 by organising various programmes throughout this week.
At a programme here today, the Ministry informed the media that programmes like screening of documentaries, interaction, community awareness, art and photo exhibition, blood donation, morning procession, street play, booklet publication etc would be organised in Kathmandu and other places on the occasion
Secretary at the ministry Suresh Man Shrestha argued that Nepal figures as the country where a large section of the population has migrated in proportion to the total population of the country.
Shrestha said that this number includes people who have gone abroad without taking labour permit, those people who have gone to India for seasonal work, those who have gone to Europe and the U.S. and other countries for higher studies and in connection with business and the Nepalis who have gone abroad for temporary residence.
December 18 is observed as the International Day of Migrants every year and Nepal has been marking the Day since 2000
The United Nations had passed the Convention on Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Their Family Members on December 18, 1990.
Nearly 1,500 people leave the country for foreign employment every day.
The number of youths going on foreign employment by taking labour permit has reached 3 million 21 thousand 302 as of November 15, and of them, 91 thousand 308 are women, according to the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment is marking the International Day of Migrants 2013 by organising various programmes throughout this week.
At a programme here today, the Ministry informed the media that programmes like screening of documentaries, interaction, community awareness, art and photo exhibition, blood donation, morning procession, street play, booklet publication etc would be organised in Kathmandu and other places on the occasion
Secretary at the ministry Suresh Man Shrestha argued that Nepal figures as the country where a large section of the population has migrated in proportion to the total population of the country.
Shrestha said that this number includes people who have gone abroad without taking labour permit, those people who have gone to India for seasonal work, those who have gone to Europe and the U.S. and other countries for higher studies and in connection with business and the Nepalis who have gone abroad for temporary residence.
December 18 is observed as the International Day of Migrants every year and Nepal has been marking the Day since 2000
The United Nations had passed the Convention on Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Their Family Members on December 18, 1990.
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