Kathmandu, March 11 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has said there is no immediate need to evacuate Nepali workers from the Gulf region on security grounds.

"Our analysis so far suggests that there is no need to rescue and bring them back immediately due to risks to their lives," Amrit Kumar Rai, the foreign secretary, said at a press conference organised in Kathmandu on Wednesday. "No one should worry or panic. This message should also reach their families in Nepal and Nepalis living in West Asia."

Rai noted that although some western countries have been evacuating their citizens, countries that send migrant workers to the Gulf have not initiated evacuation efforts.

"We have not seen rescue efforts from labour-sending countr...