Govt. expects labour migration to hit an all-time high this year

Tissa Fernando Tuesday, 09 August 2022 08:58 AM

So, if each new person sends USD 100 per month, it is going to be USD 300 000,000 additional money per month.

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Jaffna Tamil Tuesday, 09 August 2022 09:27 AM

Our Tamil political leaders only wanted equality for the Tamils for which the Buddhist Sinhalese totally refused to agree. Resulting into the Tamil politicians becoming weak and irrelevant and easily pushed away by the Indian trained Tamil terror boys.Rest is history. Just imagine if the Sinhalese had agreed to grant equal status to the Tamils in the 60s, the Tamils in the North and the Sinhalese in the South would have jointly built a “mini superpower” Sri Lanka by now. But the racist Sinhalese prevailed and now country is fighting for it’s own existence.

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Uthey Tuesday, 09 August 2022 10:26 AM

So good for FEB at BIA! They can continue to make their money and bully travellers!

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Patriot Tuesday, 09 August 2022 11:22 AM

This is country like no other. WE have Pseudo -Intellectuals for this small country who behaves as Gods of Politics as such real intellectuals can leave the country as there is no place for them.

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Ceylonese Tuesday, 09 August 2022 01:06 PM

When Covid -19 hit Sri Lanka in early 2020 there were nearly 100.000 Sri Lankan Housemaids working in the Middle East which was the main foreign exchange earner and not tea or tourism which the Government is ashamed to admit. Since the majority of Sri Lankans are trying to flee the country in a hurry due to the current crisis rather than for employment overseas they will eventually end up doing meniel jobs

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Citizen Tuesday, 09 August 2022 01:09 PM

The migration taking place is not only labour migration but also those who are escaping the law after looting the country's wealth. e.g.family members of politicians.

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Colin Tuesday, 09 August 2022 02:54 PM

Let us try and increase these numbers considerably and as a first step our Foreign Minister make a whirlwind tour of the Gulf Countries and make a plea to the rulers to increase the intake quoting our deep economic problem for the reason. He could also use the opportunity to mend fences with the Gulf States with an aim of getting assistance from them esprcially relating to oil purchases.

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Tissa Fernando Tuesday, 09 August 2022 03:36 PM

@Hey Jaffna Tamil, you have been living in this country in equal status. During white rule you even had the previewed status. Your guys are attending the universities working in Government, private sector. This us even before you played a race card to get migration to western nations. The riots were not committed by larger community of sinhalese. Those were organised by on political parties. But majority of Tamils still live in all parts of the country. You can be the President if you remove your Tsmil only attitude. Lakshman Kadirgamer, Muttaiah Muralidaran are good Tamils who achieved greatness and all people respect them. I would have voted for Luxman Kadirgarmer if he contested for the presidency. But not Sumanthiran who is playing the tace card.

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Punchi Tuesday, 09 August 2022 05:33 PM

We strut in our self importance in our little island thinking greatly of ourselves. The Arab Muslim a religion we have targeted in our Buddhist paradise looks down on us and says you are a nation of maids. On some of my overseas trips to Arab countries when asked where you are from, I say Malaysia, Figi or Mauritius so that they don’t look and treat me with contempt

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Waco Tuesday, 09 August 2022 06:19 PM

Politicians are sending Sri Lankans to work as slaves in other countries. Tea, Rubber and Coconut Plantains are getting neglected due to shortage of labour. Due to this very same reason, families are broken, children go astray. Instead of sending them to other countries, deploy them to improve the Plantation economy and the Agriculture of Sri Lanka.

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