Abhaya Raj Joshi is a journalist based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
He writes about issues related to water, climate change and livelihoods. He writes for thethirdpole.net and mongabay.com. He is a graduate of Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, India.
As countries in Eastern Europe increasingly face the problem of lack of workforce, they are turning to a new source of workers – Asian countries, especially Nepal. But often those workers are abused on the way during their journey to Europe and exploited in the destination countries, which don't have a long tradition of hosting migrant workers.