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The countries could enforce/create laws and protect these people. To suggest that they have no power in the situation laughable. They cannot be absolved of their responsibility for this issue.

> uneducated/naive migrant workers

I suspect that, due to the internet, prospective migrant works are a good deal less naive than they used to be. Which makes me wonder if Nepalese will still be prepared to work there in future.

They are well aware of working conditions. I'm sure some migrant workers might be returning to Nepal and this type of information spreads quickly within rural communities. And Nepalese people will still work for them. Poverty makes people do all sorts of things. And that includes taking risks with your own life.

Apparently, that is also true of farmers in India. If only the government can bring in better policies to improve logistics; oh how poverty corrodes the soul of a society.

Here's a new thought: Enforce the law.