Policy Brief: Vulnerability of Migrant Workers and their Right to Return to the Country of Origin

This policy brief (brief) has been prepared in relation to migrant workers’ right to return. The brief is centered to Nepali migrants’ right to return to Nepal during the existing COVID-19 crisis. The brief finds that there is an absence of legal framework in Nepal to help address and facilitate the return of Nepali migrant workers at the time of crisis in a country of destination. The brief aims to present the Government of Nepal with recommendations on two issues. Firstly, in relation to the immediate measures that need to be undertaken in response to the COVID-19 crisis and secondly, in relation to the formulation of a framework to address and facilitate the right to return of migrant workers.

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