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Policy to deny entry to unjabbed workers is discriminatory, rights groups say Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, July 12 Nepali migrant rights activists and organisations have slammed labour destination countries for barring entry to unvaccinated Nepalis workers, calling it a violation of their human rights.
Recent rules imposed by labour-importing countries in the Persian Gulf, Malaysia and others have made entry difficult for unvaccinated Nepali migrants and deprived them of taking up overseas jobs.
According to migrant rights groups and activists, such restrictions amount to discrimination and will have significant financial and social impacts on thousands of women and men planning to migrate for employment to the Gulf or those who have come home on leave.
Bibek Dhakal on Supporting Migrant Workers in the Gulf
The economy of Nepal is heavily dependent on remittances from Nepalese migrant workers working around the world. Many Nepalese choose to work in the Gulf employed in a variety of sectors from construction to hospitality.
In this episode of Voices IHRBâs Head of Migrant Workers Programme Neill Wilkins talks to Bibek Dhakal a Nepalese migrant worker employed in the hospitality industry in UAE. Bibek is a leading member of the Nepalese migrant worker support network Shramik Sanjal and has been involved in supporting migrant workers from all countries working in the region.
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Mar. 14, 2021
Ever since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic, on March 11, 2020, Gulf states have openly favored protecting their own citizens, a tiny minority of their populations, over millions of migrant workers, treating them as a disposable workforce entitled to second-class rights only.
Nowhere is that more visible than in Kuwait. A year into the Covid-19 pandemic, Kuwaiti citizens are jumping the queue to get jabbed before migrant workers, who account for about two-thirds of the 4.5 million-strong population. Kuwait is vaccinating its citizens at six times the rate of migrant workers, despite foreigners living and working in the oil-rich Gulf state accounting for more than half of those registered for vaccination.