GEFONT has expressed sorrowful regret and demanded legal action over the murder of 4 Nepali workers employed at a coal mine in Meghalaya, India in a press report published on July 6.

GEFONT has expressed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families over the news from Indian media of dead bodies of the four undisclosed Nepali workers being found in the Upling market in East Jaintia Hills.

Through the Nepal government, GEFONT has requested the relevant agencies to disclose the identity of the deceased and deduce the reason for the murder, and regardless of the cause, to take legal action against the murderers and provide compensation to the families of the deceased.

In a program held at Lalitpur on July 6, GEFONT General Secretary Laxman Sharma has voiced his opinion on the matter of sending Nepali workers to Israel. He said, “the subject of sending labour workers to Israel is not a topic of discussion. Under no circumstances should workers be sent there amidst the current crisis, and the government should stop any such processes immediately.”

Demanding an immediate stop to the process initiated by the Nepalese government to send workers as "caregivers", General Secretary Sharma informed that GEFONT has decided against sending workers to Israel at the meeting of the Foreign Employment Board, emphasising that, "to live is the first right."

Information has been received from Nepal Police that 250 women are smuggled daily from Tribhuvan International Airport to just the city of Dubai.

Due to Dubai only requiring hotel bookings and plane tickets to obtain a visit visa, traffickers are using this loophole to easily traffic people.

In the past, police clearance reports, 12th grade educational certificates and bank statements were mandatory to go to Dubai on a visit visa, for which one had to not only create fake documents but also arrange setting with the immigration staff.

However, human trafficking has become easier as there is no need for any of the mentioned documents. 

According to the information, Nepali women are being trafficked not only through Nepal’s airport, but also through the airports of India.

It has come to our knowledge that the trafficker is doing this by setting up a network in Nepal and Dubai.
 

The government has been heavily criticised after its decision to send 2,000 caregiver workers to the conflict-torn country of Israel. 

In a recent meeting between the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security Sharat Singh Bhandari and the Israeli Ambassador to Nepal Hanan Goder Goldberger, an agreement was reached to increase the number of Nepali caregivers.

The government opened applications for 800 people last June, but after the formation of the new government, it has been agreed that this number may be increased to 2,000. GEFONT has drawn serious attention to this agreement. 

It has also requested to immediately withdraw the decision to send its citizens to war-torn areas in the name of foreign labour. Bipin Joshi, a Nepalese citizen who went missing in the Israel-Palestine conflict, has not been found yet.
 

The team of the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens has rescued 28 Nepalese labourers who were held hostage for 5 months in Srinagar, Kashmir after being trafficked in the false hope of employment.

The rescued 21 labourers from Siraha and 7 labourers from Dhanusha have been handed over to the District Human Trafficking Control Committee. The team led by Secretary of the Ministry Dinesh Bhattarai succeeded in rescuing the Nepali hostages.
 

The General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) has awarded Rs. 130,000 as compensation to Rita Rana Magar of Airawati Rural Municipality-7, Pyuthan from the agent who scammed her in the matter of foreign employment.

The local agent Om Prakash Singh had taken the victim to Kuwait on a visit visa 2 months prior by exploiting the greed of free visa and free ticket.

She filed a complaint against the agent after the agent demanded a large sum of money to return the victim, who fell ill after regular 18-hour work as a domestic worker, to Nepal.

Janak B.K. from GEFONT Migrant Desk has informed Shramik Khabar that an amount equal to 1 month's salary and flight ticket has been provided at the initiative of GEFONT.