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Cabinet paper soon to revise Labour Migration policy

Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera will present a cabinet paper shortly to revise the Government Labour Migration policy, in the backdrop of Rizana’s case and other labour related issues of Sri Lankans in the Middle East.

SLBFE Deputy General Manager Mangala Randeniya said important decisions in this regard were taken at a meeting attended by senior Sri Lankan Foreign Employment Bureau officials chaired by the Minister last week.

The urgent meeting was called for by Minister Perera following the unfair trial and brutal beheading of Rizana Nafeeq in Saudi Arabia on January 9 for a crime alleged to have been committed by her when she was a 17-year-old minor.

Raising the minimum age for domestic aides, from 21 to 25 will be one of the key changes in the new policy. The meeting was attended by SLBFE chairman Amal Senadhilankara, Ministry Secretary Nissanka N. Wijeratne and senior officials.

“During Rizana’s time the minimum age was 18 years and following her arrest and conviction it was raised to 21,” Randeniya said. The objective is to discourage young women from taking up jobs as unskilled domestic aides but instead acquire skills to secure better paid jobs overseas.

The policy with new regulations to ensure the safety of Sri Lankan migrant workers, will come into effect in the near future.

 

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