| Labor Woes: Jailed in Qatar, Over 1,000
This news report is troubling. The Gulf Times reports, citing a journalist association, that more than 1,000 Nepalis remain in Qatar jails for violating immigration and labor laws. This is a sour twist in Nepal's booming foreign employment sector. [Everyday, in the last 2 months or so, 557 people left the country to work in a foreign lands, said Department of Labor and Employment Promotion (DoLEP) on October 5.] However, the article fails to explain the crediblity and actual sources of those figures. Whatever the ground facts, in Qatar or in other countries hosting hundreds and thousands of Nepali workers, the question is: Will they ensure the due process of law to secure labor rights?
• Govt to name new envoy to Qatar: Oli , The Peninsula
• Over 1,000 Nepalis in Qatar jails, Gulf Times
• After Malaysia, it's Qatar, foreign employment up, People's Daily
• Nepal keen to sign labor agreements with host countries, People's Daily
• Nepalese expatriates send $100mn home, Gulf Times