Nepalis in Saudi Arabia

Nepalis in Saudi Arabia are immigrants from Nepal to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, mostly migrant workers and expatriates. Saudi Arabia has emerged as one of the top destinations for migrant Nepalese laborers. Approximately 300,000 Nepalese laborers, skilled and semi-skilled, work in the country of which mostly belongs to Madhesi Race totalling up to 199,757 according to IOM Report of 2012-2014 and remaining are predominantly belong to Bahun and Chhetri ethnicity.[2] [3]

Nepalis in Saudi Arabia
Total population
315,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Riyadh · Jeddah
Languages
Arabic • Maithili · Nepali
Religion
Hinduism · Buddhism · Islam
Related ethnic groups
Nepali people

Labor issues

According to Human Rights Watch, the kafala system in Saudi Arabia has subjected thousands of migrant workers to be abused by their employers in ways such as non-payment of wages, forced confinement in workplace, confiscation of passports, excessive work hours with little rest, physical and sexual abuse, and forced labor including trafficking. Nepalese embassy officials in Saudi Arabia said about 70,000 to 80,000 Nepalis in the country are trapped under critical working conditions.[4]

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See also

References
  1. "International Nepal Fellowship - Nepali diaspora". Archived from the original on 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  2. "Total Nepali people from Terai working in Saudi Arabia : IOM Report 2014".
  3. "Nepali Laborers in Saudi Arabia - Foreign Migrant Workers Face Abuse and Discrimination". Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  4. The Kathmandu Post - The saudi trap: Thousands of Nepalis ‘stuck’ in Arabia in critical condition
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