Money sent home by millions of Nepali migrant workers mainly from the Gulf, Malaysia and South Korea accounts for about 25% of the Himalayan nation's $32 billion gross domestic product. (File pic shows Nepali workers in Malaysia)
KATHMANDU: Nepal's top court has ordered the government to pay for thousands of stranded migrant workers who have lost their jobs due to the new coronavirus pandemic to return home.
Responding to a petition filed by human right lawyers, the Supreme Court said it was the government's duty to bring back some 25,000 Nepalese citizens who were without jobs and could not afford to fly home.
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