Friday, February 25, 2011

Over 600 Nepali migrant workers leave Libya

Over 600 Nepali migrant workers along with migrant workers from other countries have left Libya at the aegis of their employer Wednesday afternoon.

Reports say, Nepali migrant workers working in a Korean construction company left in eight trucks to the Egyptian border. There are about 80 workers in each truck, said a returning migrant worker.

Officials of the Nepali mission in Cairo, Egypt received the Nepali migrant workers at the Egyptian border. The Egyptian government is providing them food and accommodation while they are in transit.

The foreign ministry is preparing to bring them back to Nepal. The ministry is also working to rescue other migrant workers stranded in Libya. nepalnews.com

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