Nepal, Jan. 2 -- The confusion and disorder outside the departure hall at the Tribhuvan International Airport during evening hours have become even more confounding. The sheer number of departing passengers-around 1,400 migrant workers leaving Nepal every day-is big enough to overload insufficient space. Inefficient management of queues for travellers makes matters worse, and then the size of families that come to see them off turns the throng into chaos.

Even before turntables begin to move in the arrival hall, there is a scramble for grabbing the limited number of baggage trolleys. However, a significant number of departing passengers seem to have little use for the complementary facility. The first-time entrants into the labour market...