Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people

Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP. This photograph taken on January 21, 2026 shows Lalit Bishowkarma (L), son of migrant worker Rudra Bahadur Kami, looking at his father's passport with a relative as they wait for the arrival of Kami's body outside Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.