SL suspend sending workers to Libya

23 April 2014 07:00 am

The Government has decided to temporarily suspend sending Sri Lankan workers to Libya because of poor working conditions there, the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau announced today.

Meanwhile the Bureau spokesman MangalaRandeniyasaid all Sri Lankans employed in Libya would be brought back to the country.

“About 15 to 20 Sri Lankansare working in Libya. We have informed our Embassy in Libya to bring them back because of the unsuitable working environment there. We cannot say how much time it will take but we are trying to bring them back as soon as possible,” he said.