Nepal: Agencies supplying pre-departure training to migrant workers say government has ignored them
âAgencies providing pre-departure training, fitness certificates say government ignores themâ, 3 July 2021.
Foreign employment-related service provider agencies say they feel ignored as the government has not considered providing them relief while their businesses remain badly affected for over a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to Raja Ram Gautam, the president of the Federation of Foreign Employment Orientation Association Nepal, which represents 137 organisations providing pre-departure training to migrant workers, many operators are struggling with the renewal process due to procedural difficulties caused by the pandemic.
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The Department of Foreign Employment, the central government agency responsible for the management of the labour migration sector, has already asked foreign-employment related service providers to renew their licences by July 15.