| Nepali overseas workers increase 35.11% |
| Date: 2010/6/23 Click: 2012 |
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KATHMANDU, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The number of Nepali workers leaving to work overseas rose by 35.11 percent in last 11 months compared to the number during the same period last year, local newspaper Republica reported on Tuesday.
Data compiled by the Department of Foreign Employment showed that a total of 263,570 workers left for different countries in between mid-July an mid-June, up from 195,116 recorded during same period last year, the daily said.
Among the four key receiving countries -- Qatar, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia -- only Qatar saw a decline in the number. Number of workers leaving for Qatar dropped to 52,825 from 65,779. However, the number of workers flying to Malaysia, the UAE and Saudi Arabia saw a rise.
The number of workers making their ways to overseas during mid- May to mid-June was 31,636, up from 29,140 a month ago. |
