FEB brings back stranded housemaids
Suraj A. Bandara
The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB) stated that seven Sri
Lankan housemaids who were ill and stranded in a hostel in Riyadh were
returned to Sri Lanka yesterday.
Around 45 housemaids are with the Job agency till they are found jobs
as promised by the agency. They are stranded in a hostel in Riyadh.
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Riyadh and the SLFEB took urgent steps to
bring the seven housemaids since they were ill. The returnees were
handed over to the Airport officials and after giving them early
medication they were sent to their houses. No one was critical needing
to be hospitalization, Bureau said.
The Bureau will take action to bring down another 26 housemaids who
have consented to return. Seven housemaids have expressed their
willingness to stay and find employment. The Job agency who promised to
provide jobs is looking after the housemaids till they find employments
in Riyadh.
The Bureau further stated it would bear the full cost for getting
down the rest of the housemaids. Actions will be taken immediately to
bring them back to the country, it said.
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