
Nepal Now: On the Move
We're talking with the people migrating from, to, and within this Himalayan country located between China and India. You'll hear from a wide range of Nepali men and women who have chosen to leave the country for better work or education opportunities. Their stories will help you understand what drives people — in Nepal and worldwide — to mortgage their property or borrow huge sums of money to go abroad, often leaving their loved ones behind.
Despite many predictions, migration from Nepal has not slowed in recent years, except briefly during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. About 1 million Nepalis leave every year to work at jobs outside the country. Tens of thousands go abroad to study. Far fewer return to Nepal to settle. The money ('remittances') that workers send home to their families accounts for 25% of the country's GDP, but migration impacts Nepal in many other ways. We'll be learning from migrants, experts and others about the many cultural, social, economic and political impacts of migration.
Your host is Marty Logan, a Canadian journalist who has lived in Nepal's capital Kathmandu off and on since 2005. Marty started the show in 2020 as Nepal Now.
Episodes
His children all migrated but Rajendra is happy in Nepal

No-cost, or low-cost, labour migration is not just a dream

Being a migrant in Trump's US - journalist Tanka Dhakal

Nepal unprepared to reintegrate female migrant workers

On the move from Kathmandu to Kabul: 2024's top episode

Pragati Nepali plans to further her design career by migrating to work in Jordan

UPDATE: Nepal graduate in Canada desperately looking for a job

Tricked into going to Russia, Khakendra fled before reaching the front lines

Why are so many Nepalis leaving their country?

Another nurse leaves Nepal, despite prime minister's appeal

Climate change, floods, disaster, migration

Another Nepali nurse on the move

Kathmandu-Kabul-Kathmandu: Prem Awasthi feels his roots getting shallower

Not a migration story: Dr Rojina Shilpakar

Why Japan is #1 for students; a new sound coming

Investigating mistreatment of migrant workers—journalist Pramod Acharya

2/3 of manpower agencies suspended; brain drain or brain circulation?

Mountain district goes global to discourage youth migration

Israel seeking workers for long-term care; your favourite episode?

'Migrating from Nepal is a tradition'

Nepal Now: Right Now! Feedback from a sharp-eyed listener, Nepali youth in Hong Kong

Migrant workers find love amidst struggles

Women migrant workers from Nepal: Lift the ban and get positive
