Kathmandu, Sept. 14 -- After months-long wait, the Nepali migrant workers stranded in the crisis-stricken Lebanon are finally returning home this week. The first batch of workers will land in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

Until last week, Manju had little hope of returning home after she had gone through numerous rescheduling of flights. Now, her hopes of flying back home have once again got wings with the latest development.

"We are finally coming home," Manju told the Post from Beirut over the phone. "I cannot express how happy it feels to be returning home after several months of struggle."

The joy of Rai, another migrant worker who wished to be identified only by her last name, also knows no bounds upon learning that the flight service w...