

According to Article 86 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, the members of the National Assembly are elected every six years through an electoral college. According to the Nepalese embassy at Kuala Lumpur, road accidents, chronic disease, workplace and even suicide cases has been identified as the cause for deaths.2018 National Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 7 February 2018 across all seven provinces to form the first National Assembly since the adoption of the new constitution in 2015. But due to the lack of regular inspection and very poor strategical operation of Malaysian Government as of recruitment procedure of Nepalese workers from Nepal, the Nepalese workers are also suffering more in the name of GSG (ISC- Immigration Security Clearance) and FWCMS Medical system and even in the name of Visa Stamping.Īnother concern is that the deaths of Nepalese workers in Malaysia have significantly increased with at least 81 aspirants having died within the first six months of 2010. However, it seems the Malaysian government is more concerned about the welfare of Nepalese workers than the Nepalese government.


The plight of Nepalese workers abroad is not new and many recruiters and employers in Malaysia continue to get away with exploitation because the workers have nowhere to turn. Both the government has become weaker in providing the Nepalese workers the basic requirement or consideration that should be given to any foreign workers. Nepal Government & Malaysian Government), Many Nepalese workers in Malaysia have been suffering different problems including human rights. Issues ĭue to the weaker policies of both the Government (ie. In March 2010, Malaysian authorities have arrested over 500 Nepalis working and staying illegally along with illegal workers from other countries from various factories and industries they were working. It is estimated that there are about 0.2 million foreign illegal workers in Malaysia with about 50,000 from Nepal alone. Malaysia is also famous among the returnees as well because 30 percent working currently in Malaysia have re-visited there for work and 20 percent are those have gone to the country after coming back from Gulf countries. In Malaysia, Nepalese workers have formed 73 organisations related to political parties. Recently, the Malaysian government has decided to stop hiring Nepalese workers, reasoning that they want to give priority to their own increasing number of unemployed countrymen. Most Nepalis work in small restaurants, hotels, factories and industries.

As far as Malaysia is concerned, Nepal is the second largest labour supplying country after Indonesia. Nepalese foreign employment agencies think that Malaysia might revise its decision to absorb labour from Nepal. The number of Nepalese workers going to Malaysia has increased in the recent years due to the recovery from global recession and the removal of levy. Others became security guards, mainly in the urban areas. Overview Īfter the Federation of Malaya became independent from the United Kingdom in August 1957, many Gurkhas became soldiers in the Malayan armed forces, especially in the Royal Ranger Regiment. In 2020, there were over 382,000 documented Nepali workers in Malaysia - the majority of which were working in the manufacturing sector. There is a large community of Nepalese people in Malaysia, recruited from Nepal, foreign workers and their families. Throughout Peninsular Malaysia, mainly concentrated in Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang. Nepali people in Malaysia Total population People of Nepali origin settled in Malaysia
