eKantipur.com, 20-April-2007
Foreign employment agencies have exported a total of 136,805 job aspirants to 15 different foreign employment destinations in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, an increment of 0.49 percent.
A total of 136,131 workers had left the country for employment purpose in the similar period last fiscal year.
Of the total number of people who left the country during the review period, around 40 percent were absorbed by Malaysia. Another 26 percent left for Qatar and around 19 percent were employed in Saudi Arabia.
According to Labor Department, Malaysia, the largest Nepali labor absorbing country, imported a total of 54,752 job aspirants in the first nine months. This is, however, a decline of around 16 percent compared to that of the similar period of the last fiscal year.
Officials of the department attributed the cause of decline to lower wages and high income taxes.
"Unskilled Nepali workers in Malaysia, who earn a salary of around 481 ringgit, have to pay almost a quarter of their salary as levy to the government. This is the major reason behind the fall in the number of workers leaving for Malaysia," he said.
The latest report of the government has also showed a decline in number of job aspirants leaving for Qatar. In the review period, labor export to second largest Nepali labor absorbing country fell by around 20.9 percent to 35,056.
Officials of the department said that the fall in labor demand from the country caused the total export to decline.
"Demand for construction workers in Qatar, which had increased tremendously prior to commencement of the Asian Games, has now started to wane following its completion," the official said. However, the trend has begun to reverse and number of people leaving for the labor destination went up by around 50 percent in the month of mid-March to mid-April, which is encouraging, he added.
Despite lowered exports to the two major labor destinations, the number of job aspirants leaving for Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) surged by around 110 percent and 30 percent, during the review period.
The report states that a total of 25,825 workers left for Saudi Arabia and another 15,892 job aspirants left for UAE in the review period.
Among others, 1,725 workers left for Bahrain; 1,463 opted for Kuwait; 675 left for Oman; 433 accepted employment in South Korea; 347 chose Israel; 311 left for Macau; 161 went to Hong Kong; 77 left for Afghanistan and 70 found employment opportunity in the US.
| Country | Total | % |
| Malaysia | 54,752 | 40% |
| Qatar | 35,056 | 26% |
| Saudi Arabia | 25,825 | 19% |
| UAE | 15,892 | 12% |
| Bahrain | 1,725 | 1% |
| Kuwait | 1,463 | 1% |
| Oman | 675 | 0% |
| S Korea | 433 | 0% |
| Isreal | 347 | 0% |
| Macau | 311 | 0% |
| Hong Kong | 161 | 0% |
| Afganistan | 77 | 0% |
| US | 70 | 0% |
| Total | 136,787 | 100% |
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