Migration Data: Evidence for Making Reintegration Policy in Nepal
Migration Data: Evidence for Making Reintegration Policy in Nepal

Author(s): Anurag Devkota
Subject(s): Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migration Data; Evidence; Reintegration Policy; Nepal; Migration;
Summary/Abstract: Nepal has emerged as one of the most prominent countries of origin for foreign labor where “an average of 1,500 Nepalese migrant workers officially leave Nepal every day for foreign employment”(UN Human Rights Council, 2019). This number is significantly larger when considering the high levels of migration from Nepal through unofficial channels. The Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) reports that a total of 190,453 new labour permits were issued to Nepali migrant workers for foreign employment in countries other than India between 2019 and 2020.2 The number of labour permits were reduced to 72,081 (7,178 women and 64,903 men) between 2020 to 2021, following the COVID-19 pandemic (Department of Foreign Employment, 2021). However, recently the country has witnessed an exponential rise in foreign labour migration, where 55,5233 migrant workers from Nepal obtained a labour permit in just one month, between March and April of 2022 (Department of Foreign Employment, 2022).

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