Nepali migrants living and working in Malaysia and their families back home will soon be covered under the Malaysian government’s comprehensive social security scheme.

The enrollment of tens of thousands of Nepali workers under a scheme run by the Malaysian Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) became possible after the Nepal government decided to authorise its Foreign Employment Board to sign an agreement with Malaysian officials to do so.

Nepali workers getting to enroll in a social security scheme abroad is a “milestone” moment for the country’s labour migration sector, said Rajan Prasad Shrestha, the board’s executive director. “For a labour source country like Nepal, which sends its citizens to work abroad, getting its people registered under the host country’s social security scheme is a significant development,” he added.

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