Nepalese migrant discovered snatched passports and knew he must flee | Pete Pattisson

From Global development | The Guardian Fri Jun 27 2014, 09:18:35

Job in Malaysian factory meant low pay, long hours and squalor for new arrival who suspected others had escaped before him

When Phadendra Kumar Shrestha heard about the cupboardful of abandoned passports, he knew he was in trouble. The 27-year-old migrant worker from Sindhuli district, Nepal, had travelled to Malaysia on the promise of a salary more than double what he could ever hope to earn at home, but the contents of the cupboard made him afraid.

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