Labor counselors and labor assistants deployed in the Gulf countries have suggested that it is not appropriate to issue new labor permits, citing the status quo in the Gulf region.
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Labor counselors and labor assistants deployed in the Gulf countries have suggested that it would be appropriate to continue the ban on labor permits.
Briefing Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security Deepak Kumar Shah online on Monday, they suggested that it is not appropriate to issue new labor permits, saying that the situation in the Gulf region has not improved.
‘The situation here has not changed yet.’ A labor assistant said, ‘We will have to wait and see for some time.’
The Ministry of Labor has banned the issuance of new labor permits in West Asia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Turkey and Jordan, since March 19. Nepali workers in West Asia are at risk due to the ongoing war between the US-Israel and Iran. One Nepali has died and about 20 people have been injured in this war.
As work permits are suspended in these countries, around 2,000 Nepalis are prevented from going to work every day. These countries account for about 46 percent of the remittances coming to Nepal.
Bhuwan Singh Gurung, president of the Nepal Foreign Employment Entrepreneurs Association, said that the first priority is citizen security. ‘In a time of war, suggestions from the Nepali embassy are important,’ he said, ‘no other issue can be bigger than citizen security.’
