The contribution of the foreign employment sector to Nepal's economy is significant. Even if we talk only after the year 2051/52, more than 25 billion investment and 5.2 million unemployed youth are being managed in foreign employment, remittances equal to 5 billion are coming in on an annual average. More than 20,000 internal jobs have been created and around 15,000 more jobs have been created through other businesses dependent on this business and interdependently.

About 30 percent of the country's gross domestic product is being contributed by 60 percent of households using remittances. It has also played a major role in reducing foreign exchange reserves and trade deficit. 

It is an illusion to say that only people from poor countries go for foreign employment. About 260 million people have gone from one country to another country for foreign employment, while only about 21 lakh 92 thousand people have gone for foreign employment from Nepal alone.

In a developing country like ours, even though it is called a compulsion, it is actually the facilitator of the world's monetary balance, remittances, skill development and its management, transfer, modernization and exchange of knowledge, science, style and civilization between one country and another country. 

The state, civil society and foreign employment professionals all have equal responsibility and obligation to organize such a large foreign employment sector. But, not all of us are so serious about this. 

In the year 2060, the Nepal government set a ceiling of 80,000 rupees for going to Malaysia for foreign employment and 70,000 rupees for going to other countries in the Middle East, but practically it has not been implemented. Therefore, it is necessary to modify this arrangement in time. 

In order to become popular without understanding the actual situation of the migrant worker recruitment process in the destination country, it was decided by the government of Nepal that the service fee that foreign employment professionals can charge should be 10,000 and free. Since that decision, Bethiti has been receiving support in the field of foreign employment. Let's say more, that decision has proved fatal for the workers and businessmen going to foreign employment. 

On the one hand, when the state sends workers to South Korea and Israel through GTU, the protocol between the two countries has been destroyed, while on the other hand, the administrative expenses of the workers going to foreign employment by the parental and regulatory bodies are about 2 lakh rupees. Isn't it a conflicting policy to make a law to send the private sector to foreign employment for free or for a service fee of 10,000 and the state spends millions when sending workers to Israel and South Korea? Such policies are not happy without timely revision. 

In accordance with the provisions of Section 15, 2 (a) of the Foreign Employment Act, 2064, the Nepali diplomatic mission in the destination country provides pre-approval only after verifying the documents as per Clause (f) of subsection 1 and uploading them to the Foreign Employment Department's 'system' within 15 days from the date of submission. This legal system addressed our 'Traditional Destination' but it could not address the 'Rising Destination' anywhere. Due to this, the foreign employment professionals were legally deprived from sending workers in the requests coming from the countries without Nepalese missions and the middlemen and non-professionals took advantage of it illegally. 

Currently, young people who want to go to European countries as well as attractive destinations like Japan and Korea are forced to go personally through non-businessmen and millions of young people have been financially exploited. The benefits of which have not been taken by the state through taxes, nor have the workers been able to go according to the universally accessible and judicial recruitment process.

There are three ways in which young people from Nepal go to foreign employment. One is sent by the government itself, which is also affected by the protocol between the two countries. Second, they are sent by foreign employment professionals licensed by the government and third are based on personal access. In recent times, a large number of people have gone to foreign employment through a different route than these methods. The risk has also increased due to the increase in the trend of leaving the country through the risky way of visiting visa and using the second or third country to reach the destination in an unsafe way. To reduce this risk, the state should immediately adopt alternative measures. For this, there is a need to amend Section 15, 2 (a) of the Foreign Employment Act, 2064 in a timely manner and to make the foreign missions to carry out the verification work by adding manpower. Foreign Employment Act, 2064, if there is a provision for pre-approval according to the provisions before 2074, it will help to confirm the justification of demand letter verification and make foreign employment professionals more responsible. 

It is the natural right of workers who want to go to foreign employment to transparently know the costs in advance. There has been a strong comment that foreign employment traders have taken the expenses related to the safety of the workers themselves such as passport fees, health check-ups, social security fund, welfare fund, and insurance. Therefore, it is necessary for the government to inform the workers who want to go to foreign employment through public awareness. Mandatory costs for one worker to go to foreign employment, orientation training fee, passport fee, health examination fee, entry pass fee, transportation expenses, social security fund, welfare fund, insurance fee, air fare fee, service fee and minimum 1 month salary are about 130,000 rupees. 

According to the recommendation of the Parliamentary Committee of 2072, the sending of women workers to certain areas has been banned in order to deprive them of constitutional rights such as the right to equality, the right to employment, and the right to move freely. However, millions of women workers are still working in various countries in an unsafe manner using visit visas or immigration from other countries in legally restricted countries. Due to the restrictive legal system, human trafficking and trafficking have increased.

Although they went through the legal way in Jordan and Cyprus, the issue of how thousands of women workers reached countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Oman, and Kuwait remains unanswered. The government should open up that labor force to go to the organized sector in attractive destination countries such as Malaysia, such as chain restaurants, star hotels, security guards, supermarkets, and make an agreement with the destination country with immediate labor protection and pave the way for all women workers to go to foreign employment in an institutional manner. Otherwise, the exploitation, harassment, and trafficking of women workers, which has become rampant due to restrictions, will surely get more support. Khatri is the outgoing first vice president of Nepal Foreign Employment Professionals Association.