The body of Ramila Syangden's husband returns home from Saudi Arabia. About 1,300 Nepalese citizens leave Nepal every day to work abroad, and every day at least one comes home in a coffin flown in from countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE.
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The body of Ramila Syangden's husband returns home from Saudi Arabia. About 1,300 Nepalese citizens leave Nepal every day to work abroad, and every day at least one comes home in a coffin flown in from countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE.
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As her husband is cremated Ramila Syangden refuses to believe he committed suicide. Half of all Nepali households have a family member working abroad.
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As her husband is cremated Ramila Syangden refuses to believe he committed suicide. Half of all Nepali households have a family member working abroad.
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The Buddhist cremation service is repeated across Nepal as each day at least one migrant worker returns home dead. The official reason for the deaths vary, but once the bodies make it to Nepal the cause of death is rarely if ever investigated further.
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The Buddhist cremation service is repeated across Nepal as each day at least one migrant worker returns home dead. The official reason for the deaths vary, but once the bodies make it to Nepal the cause of death is rarely if ever investigated further.
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Nepal has lifted its ban on women traveling to Gulf countries for work but now many women are returning home scarred. Kumari says her pregnancy is the result of her employer raping her.
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Nepal has lifted its ban on women traveling to Gulf countries for work but now many women are returning home scarred. Kumari says her pregnancy is the result of her employer raping her.
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Nearly a quarter of Nepal's GDP comes from Nepali migrant workers sending money home. Private companies in Kathmandu offer some training to would be migrants before they leave but not all get training.
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Nearly a quarter of Nepal's GDP comes from Nepali migrant workers sending money home. Private companies in Kathmandu offer some training to would be migrants before they leave but not all get training.
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Nepal's Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai told CNN he is well aware of the many problems Nepal's workers are facing abroad.
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Nepal's Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai told CNN he is well aware of the many problems Nepal's workers are facing abroad.
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