Supreme Court Order

Supreme Court Order

It was not surprising to know the government being ordered by the Supreme Court (SC) to use Foreign Employment Welfare Fund (FEWF) to repatriate Nepali migrant workers stranded in different parts of the globe especially in the Gulf Countries due to outbreak of Corona Virus.  Had the government used its common sense to use FEWF for bringing them to their homeland rather than asking them to bear airfares two to three times more than the usual fare, people would not have to knock SC's door. This order has given a great relief to the migrant workers who were living abroad in a highly vulnerable conditions.

The Foreign Employment Act, 2007 clearly stipulates the criteria for mobilising the fund, explicitly taking into consideration the situation of ‘return and repatriation’ of Nepali migrant workers as one of the conditions for mobilising the welfare fund. More than Rs 6 billion has been collected in the FEWF, and its purpose is to utilise the money when they are in a crisis. Most of the workers are unable to finance their flights back home, as they have already lost their jobs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

It is hoped that the government will soon act as per the SC's order and start repatriating thousands of them and properly put them in a well managed quarantine before sending them to their home villages.

Supreme Court orders government to use welfare fund to repatriate Nepali workers stranded abroad

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