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KATHMANDU: Nepali civil society — non-governmental organisations working for safe migration — have decided to raise issues related to migrant rights at United Nations High Level Dialogue on International Migration. It will be held in New York, on October 3-4.

Apr 10, Colombo: Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau says that Sri Lankan migrant workers in South Korea will be transferred to safer places in case of a war situation in the region.

Apr 12, Colombo: South Korea said today that Seoul was maintaining full preparedness for possible nuclear strikes from the North Korea assuring the safety of the migrant workers in the country.

Sri Lankan domestic workers will soon be benefited by a proposed new law in the West Asia which provides for a compulsory weekly off day, keeping their passport and the option of returning home within three months of taking a new job if there are problems in the workplace.

88 Sri Lankan migrant workers who had traveled to Kuwait & Saudi Arabia in search of foreign employment and were subjected to harassment arrived in the island this morning.

KATHMANDU: A passport in Nepal costs much higher than it costs in other South Asian countries — three times more than in India and Sri Lanka, more than double than in Bangladesh and a little less than double in Pakistan.

KHOTANG: As many as 13 Nepali migrant workers have been stranded in Malaysia after they were asked to do work other than what was stated in their contract.

Apr 16, Tangalle: Si Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today opened the first Vocational Training Center for Migrant Workers set up by the Bureau of Foreign Employment at Godigamuwa in Tangalle.