KATHMANDU: Five Nepali migrant workers, who were rescued from Saudi Arabia, went to meet Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at his official residence in Kathmandu on Saturday.

Dhan Bahadur Mijar (30) of Kanchanpur, Raj Kumar BK (37) of Udayapur, Dhan Bahadur Magar (33) of Nawalparasi, Yam Bahadur BK of Gorkha and Anup Sherpa (32) of Kathmandu were flown to Kathmandu from Riyadh yesterday. After receiving information that they were stranded in the Saudi capital, the Prime Minister's Office had taken an initiative to rescue them.

The five men shared their stories of hardship and how the manpower agency, which sent them to Saudi Arabia, ignored them with the Prime Minister during the meeting, according to a statement issued by the PM's Secretariat.

In response, the Prime Minister said he was sensitive towards the issues of Nepalis working abroad, and would be more sensitive to make the manpower agencies more responsible.