KATHMANDU: The government has decided to mobilize the Foreign Employment Promotion Fund to rescue Nepali migrants workers stranded abroad.
Announcing the decision of the Cabinet meeting, Government Spokesperson Dr. Yuvaraj Khatiwada said that the Working Procedure has been endorsed to rescue and repatriate Nepalis stranded abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic.
He said that the amount of the fund will be used to repatriate the workers who have become homeless, are in trouble and are unable to return home at their own expense.
It should be noted that the Supreme Court of Nepal had ordered the government not to take the airfare from the citizens being rescued to Nepal from abroad to skip the COVID-19 pandemic.
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