300 Nepalis, who were heading to Iraq for foreign employment are stranded in Amman, the capital of Jordan, reports said.

According to Nepalqatar.com, they were forced to stay as detainees in a hotel in Amman after brokers and some manpower agencies sent them there via India with the assurance of giving jobs in Iraq.

The report quoted Mohammed Ali Miya and Rasid Miya of Syanjha as saying that the owner of the hotel seized their passports and locked them in a room of the hotel.

They are stranded there since one to three months. They had paid 150 thousand to 300 hundred thousand rupees to brokers for foreign employment.

They were not getting assistance from any authorities, as there was no Royal Nepalese Embassy in Amman and less than 50 Nepalese are working there.

The Nepalese, who were duped by the brokers, have appealed the government for their release.