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Plight of Nepal's migrant workers


The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe Gonzalez Morales, will reveal his first set of conclusions about the conditions faced by Nepal's migrant workers. With an unemployment rate hovering around 40 percent, many Nepalis say they have no choice but to leave their country. About a third of the country's economy comes from money earned abroad, but many workers are exploited. Al Jazeera's Subina Shrestha reports from Kathmandu.