The border between Nepal and India is quite open and anyone can cross without a passport or visa. Over recent years, over 200,000 young Nepali girls have been stolen from their homes and forced into sex slavery in the red light districts of India. Every year, nearly 15,000 Nepali girls and women are trafficked to India’s four main cities—Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, and Bangalore—for bondage-based commercial sex. In addition, nearly 7,000 women are trafficked to Persian Gulf countries each year.Nepali girls are also commonly trafficked to Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, and Taiwan.
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