Not to go to foreign employment through illegal route: Embassy

Kathmandu: The Embassy of Nepal in Islamabad has urged all the concerned only to use legal means to go for foreign employment, noting many Nepali have been victimized and stranded in Kyrgyzstan for some time on the temptation of attractive jobs.

The embassy said it has received information that some of those victimized have been assured to be sent to other countries using the Kyrgyzstan route, sharing that some of the stranded people have been rescued and sent back to Nepal, some are on their way back but the process of reaching there has not stopped.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the embassy said, “As per the information received, some Nepali and foreigners are being involved in fraudulent acts in the face of lucrative jobs”.

Individuals and groups involved in illegal activities of taking Nepali citizens abroad on the wrong temptation and leaving them stranded have to face the prevailing law, the statement further noted.

“The embassy sincerely requests all concerned not to fall prey to the ill-intended act of fraudulent groups and to use only the established and legal route arranged by the Government of Nepal to go for foreign employment”, the statement reads.