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‘Only mode of revenue today is women sent to ME’

‘Only mode of revenue today is women sent to ME’ Featured

Remittances from expatriate workers is Sri Lanka’s only mode of earning revenue today, says minister Thalatha Athukorale.

Therefore, sending housemaids to Middle Eastern countries cannot be stopped, she has told BBC Sandeshaya.

Bringing down the women’s eligible age limit for foreign employment to 21 years will help more women to earn an income at an early age and lead a good life, she has noted.

There has been a call at the recent cabinet meeting to gradually minimize the number of women being sent to the ME as housemaids.

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