born ▁children , ▁who ▁held ▁right ▁of ▁ab ode . ▁ ▁Nep al ese ▁of ▁middle ▁age ▁or ▁older ▁gener ations ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁are ▁pre domin antly ▁found ▁in ▁security , ▁while ▁those ▁of ▁younger ▁gener ations ▁are ▁pre domin antly ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁business ▁industry . ▁ ▁Most ly ▁the ▁people ▁from ▁Kir ati ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁such ▁as ▁R ai ▁and ▁Lim bu ▁are ▁the ▁ones ▁res iding ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁and ▁other ▁neighbour ing ▁nations ▁such ▁as ▁Singapore ▁and ▁Japan ▁ ▁Nep al ese ▁over se as ▁ ▁Nep al ese ▁migr ants ▁abroad ▁have ▁suffered ▁trem end ous ▁hard ships , ▁including ▁some ▁ 7 , 5 0 0 ▁death s ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁and ▁Malays ia ▁alone ▁since ▁the ▁year ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁some ▁ 3 , 5 0 0 ▁in ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia . ▁ ▁Foreign ▁population ▁in ▁Nep al ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁census , ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 1 6 , 5 7 1 ▁foreign ▁born ▁citizens ▁in ▁Nep al ; ▁ 9 0 % ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁of ▁Indian ▁origin ▁followed ▁by ▁Bh ut an , ▁Pakistan ▁and ▁China . ▁This ▁number ▁does ▁not ▁include ▁the ▁refuge es ▁from ▁Bh ut an ▁and ▁Tib et . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Eth nic ▁groups ▁in ▁Nep al ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Nep al ▁Encyclopedia ▁Eth nic ity ▁Page ▁ ▁C IA ▁Fact ▁Book , ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁ ▁Nep al ▁information