50,000 jobs in Libya for Lankans

Libya will offer more than 50,000 job opportunities to Sri Lankans by next year, the government said yesterday.

As a positive response to a request made by Sri Lanka, Libya has extended their willingness to offer more than 50,000 employment opportunities for Sri Lankans by next year, an official release said.

The request was made by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) from the government of Libya. Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister, Keheliya Rambukwella will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard with his Libyan counterpart in January next year. Discussions related to the programme were held in Colombo last week between Rambukwella and Essa Ahamed Emhemed, Libyan ambassador in Sri Lanka.

There are a large number of vacancies in the fields of tourism, construction and trade besides ports and airports where Sri Lankans can find work.

Rambukwella said steps will be taken to provide foreign jobs in a transparent manner by inviting applications through newspaper advertisements and through labour officials deployed in all districts.