Since human trafficking is a common problem between Nepal and India, it has been emphasized that cooperation between the stakeholders of both countries is necessary to control it.

Stakeholders from both countries who participated in the border coordination meeting on 'control of human trafficking' held in Birganj on Friday in cooperation with District Police Office Parsa, Nepal, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, have pointed out this need. 

President of District Coordination Committee Parsa Niranjan Shah Sonar said that there is a need for stricter laws and punishment system to control human trafficking. He mentioned that the general laws and punishments for those who are involved in crimes intentionally are less and he also emphasized that there should be mutual coordination and cooperation between the stakeholders of Nepal and India to solve this problem. 

The chief district officer of Parsa, Ganesh Aryal, said that the trend of human trafficking and violence is similar in Nepal and India. He said that the solution of this problem cannot be solved by the security agencies and the state alone.

Ahema Thapa, the focal person of Ekdwar Crisis Management Center at Narayani Hospital Birgunj, said that there is a problem because there is no shelter home in Birgunj to provide shelter to those who have been trafficked and those who have been rescued.

Gautam Mishra, Superintendent of Police, District Police Office, Parsa, while presenting the work paper, said that Parsa police had registered a case against 13 people involved in trafficking in the district court only in the last 6 months . He said that in the last fiscal year, Parsa police rescued 167 people who were at risk of being trafficked from the border crossing in the district. He said that Nepali girls and children who are trafficked in India are often forced to work in the field of prostitution and entertainment in India, make them domestic workers, make them do risky work in industry, use them for organ transplants and take them to third countries through India for trafficking.

Binod Khati, the Director of Kindred India Foundation India, presenting the working paper, said that the organization had rescued 52 Nepalese girls from Hyderabad, Bangalore, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bihar, Haryana, Delhi and other places in India in 2024 . By June 2025, 50 Nepali girls have been rescued from various places in India in this way, he said. He said that out of a total of 122 girls, 72 girls have been successfully returned to Nepal in coordination with the Indian Embassy. Others have been handed over to their parents and reunified in India. During this period, 19 minors who had reached India from Nepal were also rescued and returned to their country, he said.

Deputy Director of Kindred Nepal, Ram Sharan Paudel, said that since the process of repatriating dependent Nepali girls in Indian shelters is complicated, the concerned bodies of both countries need to do their homework to improve it. Digbijay Kumar, a member of District Child Welfare Committee, India, Bihar East Champaran, said that after the rescue of Nepali girls in India, the process of returning to Nepal is long and complicated in both India and Nepal, and should be improved immediately. He also emphasized that both countries should conduct joint programs to reduce these problems as the problems of poverty and unemployment increase the problem of trafficking.  In the