Kathmandu, September 28 : As many as 80,016 Nepali citizens have so far returned home from different foreign countries via air due to the unfavourable situation resulting from the global pandemic of coronavirus.
According to the COVID-19 Crisis Management Centre (CCMC), they flew back to their native country from different 32 countries. Among them, the highest number is from the United Arab Emirates at 23,237 and the lowest number is from Sri Lanka at 5.
Most of the returnees had gone overseas for employment while some portion of them were there for various purposes like study, training, treatment and family reunion. According to the CCMC, so far 12,381 Nepali nationals returned from Saudi Arabia, 11,651 from Malaysia, 11,150 from Qatar, 8478 from Kuwait, 1,754 from Japan, 1,447 from South Korea, 1,325 from Oman, 1,274 from Bahrain, 1,091 from Australia, 936 from Turkey, 888 from Bangladesh, 555 from Singapore, 430 from the United States, 333 from China and 317 from Jordan.
