No-cost, or low-cost, labour migration is not just a dream

Nepal Now by Marty Logan

Feb 25, 202529:41Society & Culture

Send us Fan Mail Khakendra Khatri paid 7 lakh or 700,000 Nepali rupees (about 5,000 USD) for a job in Russia, but soon after arriving he realized that he was being sent to the front line of the Russia-Ukraine war. Desper...

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