“We have stopped giving permission for foreign employment in Lebanon due to escalating violence in the West Asian countries, particularly in the countries close to Lebanon,” Krishna Dawadi, director at the Department of Labor and Employment Promotion (DoLEP) told myrepublica.com.
He said the DoLEP would lift the ban once the situation returns to normal. During the fiscal year 2007/08, a total of 1,530 Nepali workers left for Lebanon where more than 40,000 Nepalis are expected to be engaged in mainly in construction industry, private houses and service sector.
Data compiled by DoLEP shows that 823 worker reached Lebanon during first five months of the current fiscal year, ending Dec 15.
The government has stopped granting permission to women to work in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, the second and fourth largest destinations for Nepali workers respectively—citing insecurity and exploitation of women in those countries.
Of the total 239,617 Nepali workers who left for various overseas countries during the last fiscal year, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia received 42,345 and 50,526 Nepali workers respectively. A total of 20,344 and 18,718 Nepali overseas workers left for Saudi Arabia and Malaysia respectively during the last five months ending Dec 15.
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