Kathmandu, May 26 -- Foreign job recruitment agencies have demanded that the government return their guarantee deposits in light of the Covid-19 pandemic which has severely hit the labour migration sector.

It's been more than two months since the country's foreign employment sector came to a complete halt. It is the biggest crisis to hit the country's foreign employment sector till date, and recruiting agencies are struggling to survive.

They have demanded the government to return the guarantee amount, deposited while obtaining the operation licence, to shore up their business.

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Nepal government has banned all international flights as well as stopped giving labour permits.

"For two months now, ...