NewsScores of poor Nepali women travel abroad on a daily basis upon promises of a good job. The suffering faced by Deepa Rai (Limbu) of Dharan, who is currently trapped in Oman, is just a representative case to show how Nepali women are being trafficked to Gulf and other countries. After the government of Nepal was tipped off about 22 women stuck in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the first week of June, new routes of trafficking Nepali women via Kathmandu-Delhi or Mumbai-Colombo have come into the lime light. SSP Khanal, however, said that aspirant migrant workers should not avoid formal channels while going abroad. Women migrant workers are mostly duped by either their relatives or the person who they trust, he said.

Source: Sunday Times August 30, 2016 19:30 UTC