KATHMANDU, July 21: Labor, Employment and Social Security Minister Sher Bahadur Kunwar has said that it is difficult to bring the bodies of Nepalis who die abroad. Minister Kunwar said this while speaking at a workshop on foreign employment, social security investment and foreign currency deposit organized by the Non-Resident Nepali Association on Thursday.
He said that the inability to bring the bodies of Nepali workers who died in Saudi Arabia has become a big challenge. He admitted that the bodies of Nepali workers who died in Arab countries could not be brought to Nepal because they had gone there to work illegally.
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Minister Kunwar said that there is a challenge for the government to bring Nepali citizens stranded abroad to Nepal. Minister Kunwar said that NRNs have the responsibility to bring Nepali citizens who have died abroad or are stranded there.
He said, "Now the headache is that there are some dead bodies of Nepalis who had gone to some countries illegally. They are our own Nepali citizens. We have not cremated their bodies. That is a challenge for the government of Nepal. Both the NRNA and the government should pay attention to this.”
Minister Kunwar said that the government is ready to coordinate with Nepali banks if it is possible to open bank branches. He said that since remittances coming from abroad come through illegal channels, the government will continue to work to control such activities. Minister Kunwar said that remittances can increase if remittances from such channels can be controlled.
