Britain to hire health workers from Nepal
Britain will recruit health professionals from Nepal under its first labour agreement with the Himalayan country, officials said on Monday, helping Britain offset a labour gap while Nepal bids to boost remittances from migrant workers.
A joint statement by Nepal government and the British Embassy in Kathmandu said they had signed a preliminary agreement to allow "fair and ethical recruitment" of Nepali healthcare professionals in the British health sector.
They will "receive equal rights, privileges, protection and dignity as health professionals from the UK", it said.
Millions of Nepali workers, mainly in the Middle East and Malaysia, sent home $8.33 billion in the year ending mid-July, an increase of 2.2 per cent from the previous year, even as activists say working conditions are poor for many Nepalis abroad.
Britain will launch a pilot phase of the recruitment that will begin with nurses, though no time frame was given.
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