Nepali gov't to permit labors to work in Israel
19/8/2008 17:40
The Nepali government is all set to grant permission to the Nepalis to
work in Israel after Israel resumed issuance of fresh working visas after a gap
of 15 months, according to local media today.
The Ministry of Labor and
Transport Management (MoLTM) yesterday instructed the Department of Labor and
Employment Promotion (DoLEP) to resume issuance of permission to aspirant job
seekers after the Israeli embassy started giving visas to Nepalis in the last
few days, local newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported.
According to
officials, 692 workers had made final preparations to leave for Israel last year
when it suddenly stopped issuing working visas to Nepalis.
The Israeli
embassy ceased to entertain applications for working visas from the second week
of May 2007, citing its government's new policy that made it mandatory to all
the source countries to set up diplomatic missions or appoint labor attaches in
Israel.
The move had left around 2,000 Nepali women, who had already spent a
sizable amount of money for training as domestic help, in a lurch. Several
foreign employment agencies that had made large investments to acquire labor
demands from Israel were also left worried about their future.
Subsequent to
the decision, Nepal set up a mission and appointed a labor attache in Tel Aviv
last year, paving the way for employment in Israel -- the most popular
destination for Nepali women workers.
Israel had also asked Nepal to sign a
special agreement with the International Organization of Migration (IOM) to deal
with Nepali workers in Israel. Nepal fulfilled this condition last year.
Of
late, Israel has also put forth a condition to involve IOM in the recruiting
process. More than two dozen foreign employment agencies are involved in sending
workers to Israel, which has already absorbed more than 12,000 workers so
far.
Xinhua
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