Nepalis stranded in Dubai

Many Nepali workers bound to Iraq for foreign employment have been stranded in Dubai.

A Nepali social worker in Dubai, Shyam Sharma, informed Nepalnews that the brokers brought them to Dubai after taking Rs. 150,000 per person giving assurance of good jobs in Iraq.

The brokers had assured them to take them to Iraq via Dubai. The brokers fled after keeping Nepali workers in Rasalakhai city of Dubai.

Of the stranded workers, five Nepalis, who were languishing in the city, said they did not even have proper arrangements for food.

Stating that the number of Nepali people being cheated is increasing every day, Sharma advised the government to correspond to the concerned embassies not to issue visit visas to Nepalis and if anybody wants to go to the Arab countries, they should not be allowed to go there without having US dollars 1,000.

Though the government has been banning foreign employment in Iraq, many Nepali go there via India with the hope of earning more money. nepalnews.com pb Aug 01 06