Qatar demands 180k Nepalis in a yr
DOHA (QATAR), JUL 25 -
Amid “pressures” from local recruitment companies to prioritise workers from other countries, the Qatar i government has allocated 180,000 jobs for Nepali workers this year, said the Nepali Embassy in Qatar .
Qatar i companies have reportedly been pressing the government to seek alternatives to hiring Nepali workers due to lengthy and tough process involved.
“ Qatar i government has allocated 180,000 quotas to Nepal. Nepali workers can fly to Qatar for employment if the Nepal government carries out duo processes,” said Acting Nepali Ambassador to Qatar Ganesh Dhakal. He said the Qatar i government has highly prioritised Nepali workers due to their hard work, integrity and discipline.
The embassy has started providing approval to companies offering minimum monthly salary of 1200 Qatar i Riyals and food to initiate hiring process. Addressing a UN conference recently, Qatar ’s Minister for Development Planning and Statistics, Saleh bin Mohamed Al Nabit said that his government will hire around 250,000 migrant workers this year. As the construction of infrastructures for the World Cup 2022 is under way in Qatar , officials of Qatar i Labour Ministry have been urging their Nepali counterparts to facilitate the supply of Nepali workers . “We have highly prioritised Nepali workers . However, the process to hire them is very lengthy and tough. We have expected help from the Nepal government in this regard,” high-level officials of the Qatar i ministry told a Nepali delegation led Surya Prasad Shrestha, under-secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, visited the country recently.
Qatar ’s Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi during his meeting with the then Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had also expressed similar views.
Nepal government, however, failed to supply workers to Qatar as per allocated quota last year. According to the embassy, there are around 400,000 Nepali migrant workers in Qatar .
Source: The Kathmandu Post
