MoFA issues travel advisory for visitors to Myanmar and Thailand

Kathmandu, Dec.24: The government has issued a travel advisory to the Nepali citizens preparing to travel to Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.     

It also advised verifying the legitimacy of business firms, companies, and employers through Nepal's diplomatic missions in the respective nations or by checking their official websites.

The advisory follows reports of Nepalis being trafficked to Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, where they are coerced into illegal work after having their passports confiscated by employers. Many are forced to work up to 13 hours a day, subjected to torture, and experience wage theft.

The Ministry also said that its attention was drawn to the increasing number of Nepalis submitting their applications at Nepal's embassies in Yangon and Bangkok for rescue.     

Similarly, the Ministry has asked all to remain cautious to the acts of luring of foreign jobs and offering any sorts of other temptations and other illegal actions.     

Likewise, the Ministry has cautioned not to fall in temptations of online casino, call centre frauds, crypto currency and other job offers in Bangkok from the suspicious IT firms