15 salary were 30-40% from destination countries such as Kuwait followed by Malaysia, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. d. Out of total returnee migrants, 53 per cent were coerced to sign the settlement papers without receiving the dues before they left the country of destination. e. Out of total returnees, 30% had experienced the reduction in salary by 90-100%. Of the total returnees, about 27% had given consent for salary reduction whereas remaining 73% did not give the consent. f. Of the total returnee migrants who had been the victims of wage theft, only 17% had filed cases. 16% of the respondents who had been forced to sign on documents had filed cases. 6. NDWM (India) reported 13 cases (3 females and 10 males) returnees. They were employed mainly in construction and domestic work in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and UAE. 7. NNSM supported by Solidarity Center also received 402 cases of wage theft of Nepali returnees from India. The area of focus were towns along the Dokebazar-Gauriphanta IndoNepal border. Of the 381 returnees who reported their grievances of wage theft 20 were choosing to remigrate. All workers were noted as being undocumented. Sectors of work included construction, agriculture, hospitality, security, and odd informal jobs. 14 female migrants who reported wage theft were mostly engaged in domestic work. 8. AMKAS supported by Solidarity Center received 46 cases from Nepalese returnees from UAE and Kuwait. All returnees experienced workplace abuse of excessive hours, different assigned duties, etc. and then eventual undocumented status. They were detained and were either deported or returned with the assistance of the Nepal embassy at the destination. 9. Pourakhi reported 42 cases of wage theft by returnees that worked in sanitation, transport, manufacturing, and security. Countries of destination included UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Algeria, and Kuwait. Most experienced non-payment of wages and were forced to buy their own return flight tickets. Several workers also mentioned that their employers refused to provide NOC (particularly in Qatar) to switch jobs. 10. Kanlungan reported 2 cases of returnee domestic workers from Jordan and KSA. One worker did not receive her salary for 4 years. The other worker experienced non-renewal of visa, ill treatment, lack of medical attention, confiscation of documents, etc. Disclaimer: The figures, statistics within the report are based upon the limited documentation of cases submitted to the JFWT platform or separately to MFA. It does not intend to implicate any country, government, industry, employer, etc.