Kathmandu, Sept. 17 -- The government's announcement of completing the evacuation process of stranded Nepali migrant workers from various coronavirus-stricken countries within a month has met with scepticism, if not ridicule, from labour migration experts.

Since the repatriation began in June, 63,347 Nepali migrant workers have returned home as of Tuesday. However, the statistics of the Labour Ministry show that 48,865 workers have returned so far while 133,485 others have applied to return home.

With this calculation, more than 84,000 workers are still awaiting repatriation. And as per the claim made by Labour Minister Rameshwor Ray Yadav before the Commerce and Labour and Consumers Welfare Committee of Parliament on Sunday, these work...