Migrant service clinics to mark International Migrants' Day

Rasika SOMARATHNA

Foreign employment authorities in partnership with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has arranged migrant service clinics throughout the island to mark International Migrants Day, which falls tomorrow.

These clinics will offer multiple services to migrant workers' families and foreign job aspirants. The mobile clinics would be held in every district, Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau Deputy General Manager (Training and Recruitment) Mangala Randeniya said.

The clinics will offer information on new job and training opportunities, counselling services, assistance for dispute resolution, information on local foreign job agents etc.

"Migrant workers' family members will be offered the opportunity to contact their kith and kin working abroad using communication modes such as skype. If there are any disputes between employers and employees, mobile clinics are equipped to handle dispute resolution on the spot," Randeniya said.

The International Organiz ation for Migration will lend a hand to the Foreign Employment Ministry and the SLBFE to carry out migrant worker assistance programmes tomorrow.