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Nepal govt to defend Nepali migrant workers in foreign courts

File image: Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers

Kathmandu, June 28

The Government of Nepal has decided to defend Nepali migrant workers facing trial at courts in various countries of the world. The move tries to address legal problems Nepali migrant workers are facing in host countries.

A Cabinet meeting held on Thursday endorsed a directive in this regard. The government now plans to implement the Legal Defence Directive within next 10 days.

Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security informs Onlinekhabar that the Ministry has begun updating status of Nepali workers facing trial abroad so that the Directive can effectively be executed.

According to the Directive, the government will mobilise lawyers of concerned countries in defence of the workers, but shoulders the responsibility of paying them. If the workers later get compensation more than the government expense during the trial, the workers will be made to reimburse the government.

But, if the compensation amount is below the expense, workers are entitled to take the whole of it.

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