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| Saturday, 13 September 2003 |
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Foreign insurance cover for migrant workers by Ananda Kannangara At least 750,000 Sri Lankan Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Lebanon will get foreign insurance cover under a special scheme implemented by the Government on a proposal by Employment and Labour Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe. Four insurance companies in these countries have already given the greenlight to the Lankan Government to commence this programme next month. "With the new insurance policy, US dollars 5000 (Rs. 500,000) will be paid to the next of kin if a worker dies," Chairman, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment Susantha Fernando said. He said this payment is made in addition to insurance benefits generally paid by the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation to migrant workers leaving the country with the knowledge of the Bureau. "However in case of suicides none of the insurance benefits can be gained," he said. Fernando also said the four insurance companies have agreed to pay an additional US dollars 2000 each to airlift bodies of deceased workers to Sri Lanka. |
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