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Nepali embassies in the Gulf and Malaysia have requested the governments there to allow Nepali migrant workers to return home in the wake of the devastation caused by the Great Quake.
The embassies have also urged the companies employing Nepali workers to help them contact their families in Nepal and send the workers on a paid leave to be with their families in this time of crisis.
An estimated 3 million Nepalis work in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. A majority of families in the worst-affected areas--primarily in the western, central and eastern development regions--have at least a member working abroad.
Some of the hardest-hit districts, including Lamjung and Gorkha--which also have a deep-rooted tradition of locals there joining the British or Indian army--have long remained dependent on a remittance-driven economy.
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