Nepal, Korea to renew EPS on Jan 18
REPUBLICA
KATHMANDU Jan 13: Nepal and South Korea are renewing labor agreement under Employment Permit System (EPS) on January 18.
Minister for Labor and Transport Management Mohammad Aftab Alam and Secretary at Ministry of Labor and Transport Management (MoLTM) Baburam Acharya are soon leaving for South Korea to renew the EPS pact that was first signed on July 23, 2007.
While renewing the EPS agreement, we will request the Korean government to provide more job opportunities for Nepali youths in Korean enterprises, Acharya told myrepublica.com on Wednesday.
The government has already renewed the agreement two times for six months after the pact expired on July 23, 2009.
The Korean government introduced EPS in 2004 to pave the way for its domestic employers to hire foreign workers to fulfill increasing demand of workers in different sectors. Korea has so far signed agreements with 15 countries --most of them Asian - to hire workers under the EPS. Korea has signed EPS with Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand, China, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Cambodia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan and East Timor.
Recognizing Nepal´s effective sending process, the South Korean government recently rewarded Nepal as the best sending countries under the EPS. The Korean government had honored Nepal for reducing the sending period after the labor contracts were signed and for forging meaningful coordination with HRD Korea while recruiting Nepali workers.
Under the EPS, Nepal can send workers to Korea in five sectors -- agriculture, fishery, construction, manufacturing and service.
Of the total 6,586 workers listed in the roster, more than 4,200 have signed labor contracts and 3,700 of them have already left for South Korea.
http://www.epsnepal.gov.np/agreement.html
Nepal to Roll Back 2,500 Illegal Workers From Korea
Anil Giri
Contributing Writer
KATHMANDU ― Nepal has said it will take illegal Nepalese migrants out of South Korea, adding that Seoul will increase its quota of legal Nepalese workers if the process goes smoothly.
The latest appeal from Korea came during the visit of Nepalese Labor and Transport Minister Mo. Afatab Alam, who was in Seoul last week to renew the Nepal-Korea Employment Service System, a legal permit that provides a legal channel for Nepalese to work inside Korea, said a senior Nepali government official.
According to unofficial data, more than 2,500 Nepalis are currently staying in Korea in violation of local labor rules.
"During the meeting with his Nepalese counterpart, Korean Labor Minister Lim Tae-hee asked Nepal to take back its illegal workers from Korea," Baburam Acharya, secretary of the Ministry of Labor and Transport said. Acharya was also present during the meeting.
After receiving the request, Nepal promptly started to take action on its illegal workers to call them to back home, he said.
We are in the process of launching a campaign against those who are staying without a visa in Korea. We will soon implement it, he said.
"We were told that if those illegal workers come back to Nepal, Korea would move to increase the number of Nepali workers in Korea. So we decided to call them back," said Acharya.
The Nepalese Labor Ministry has sent a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently and asked it to initiate an effort to return those who are staying illegal in Korea immediately.
From time to time, the Korean Immigration Office has deported illegal Nepali workers after they were caught with expired visas. But this time the Korean side has sought help from Nepalese authorities, to address those who have yet to be rounded up.
Nepal is expected to call them back by April or May.
Korea has recently endorsed a law that states that if any Korean companies are found providing jobs to illegal workers, they will face legal action.
The Korean government also announced that it would remove all illegal workers from Korea within two years.
Nepal does not have any official data about how many Nepalis are working inside Korea without a visa but unofficial numbers could surpass 2,500.
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