Remittances disappear as migrant workers return home due to recession

Video: Nepal feels downturn’s pain

 

 
 Nepali migrant workers feel pain of downturn 
 

Foreign workers are bearing the brunt of the recession, often being the first to lose their jobs in the downturn.

There are two and a half million Nepalis working overseas and the money they send home is the country’s biggest source of foreign exchange.

Al Jazeera’a Subina Shrestha reports from Lamjung, where migrant workers are returning after losing their jobs.