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More jobs in Europe for Lankans

New employment avenues in France, Poland, Romania:

COLOMBO: Europe is expected to be the latest destination for prospective Lankan labour migrants as a successful tour undertaken by a high level delegation headed by Minister for Foreign Employment and Welfare Keheliya Rambukwella has opened up new vistas in France, Poland and Romania.

According to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) Chairman Kingsley Ranawaka as a result of successful negotiations, Sri Lanka is set to sign MOUs with Poland and Romania before the end of the year and with France in January.

Ranawaka also added that skilled labour opportunities in industrial, construction and hospitality sectors would be on offer for Sri Lankans who possess skills and qualifications in accordance with international standards.

The latest opportunity is expected to provide prospective Lankan job seekers with better salaries and perks in comparison to employment opportunities in the Middle East and Asian destinations.

According to Ranawaka, Minister Rambukwella and the Bureau is on the look out for all viable opportunities in the international labour market with emphasis on skilled manpower which would earn higher wages and perks.

The SLBFE in recent times initiated a number of steps to discourage the common practice of sending unskilled domestic workers and encourage skilled migrant labour for higher wages.

In a bid to strengthen matters pertaining to migrant labour the Government recently took steps to sign MOUs with several countries regarding migrant worker rights, welfare and employment opportunities.

Authorities in recent times have signed MOUs with UAE, Jordan, Libya, Bahrain, Korea and Kuwait seeking better protocol on issues related to Sri Lankan migrant workers.

In addition according to Ranawaka Sri Lanka plans to enter into similar MOUs with Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Japan in the future.

According to latest statistics the Sri Lankan migrant worker fraternity is considered to be in the excess of 1.6 million with another 220,000 (average) new recruits joining the numbers annually. When it comes to Sri Lanka’s export earnings the migrant worker remittances which constitutes of 36% is only second to the income earned through apparel exports.

During 2007 migrant worker remittances stood at US $ 240 million and according to sources the figure is on the upward trend. According to analysts with new vistas on the horizon and considering the growth rates in the recent times foreign employment is set to eclipse apparel imports as Sri Lanka’s biggest foreign exchange earner in the near future.

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