Nepal: Migrant workers still being 'mercilessly' exploited - new survey
The Nepali government’s failure to crack down on recruitment agencies charging illegal fees for jobs abroad is leaving migrant workers trapped in a vicious cycle of debt and exploitation, Amnesty International said today (18 December). New research has found that almost two-thirds of Nepali migrant workers who responded to a survey, carried out in Nepal and Malaysia, had paid excessive, illegal recruitment fees. James Lynch, Deputy Director of Amnesty International's Global Issues Programme, said: “Nepali migrant workers are being systematically and mercilessly set up. Forced to take out loans