Sri Lankan females seeking jobs as housemaids in the Middle East
dropped below 40 percent, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign employment (SLBFE)
sources said.
In contrast, statistics show Sri Lankans migrating for skilled jobs
increasing by 50 percent which is attributed by the SLBFE to the
successful training programme it has afforded to prospective migrant
workers in specialised vocations.
Foreign Employment Minister Dilan Perera said they want to discourage
women migrating for jobs as domestic aides and have focused on
increasing skilled migrant workers and finding more opportunities for
them.
Of the 1.8 million Sri Lankans working overseas, nearly 45 percent
are females.
Meanwhile, there is a cloud hanging over sending Sri Lankan females
as domestic aides to Jordan with the latter not agreeing to certain
conditions, including a stipulated minimum wage for migrant domestic
workers proposed by Lankan authorities.
Earlier, local authorities said they would not hesitate to stop
sending housemaids to Jordan if the terms are not agreed upon. A SLBFE
official said the matter was under discussion.
Meanwhile, SLBFE authorities took steps to suspend transactions with
over 600 job agents in several labour receiving countries accused of
various malpractices during the last one and a half years.
SLBFE officials advised local foreign employment agents to refrain
from engaging in any transactions with these elements . In 2011, the
SLBFE suspended dealings with 445 job agents in labour receiving
countries with the highest being in Saudi Arabia (166).
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