9 May 2016 04:19 pm
Fifty eight million rupees as compensation and salary dues were handed over to 39 families of the deceased and disabled migrant workers in Middle Eastern countries by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Harsha de Silva today.
Among the 39 migrant workers, 27 of them died while working in countries including Saudi Arabia which has the highest number of deaths, followed by United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Dubai and Jordan. Pix by Samantha Perera