tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53392397349062157152024-03-13T03:09:51.513-07:00Migrant News Sri LankaNews ,Information and; Stories of Sri Lankan and Asian Migrant Workers and Refugee Returnees
sanrimsl@yahoo.comLakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.comBlogger445125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-4383569526024486912015-04-03T11:30:00.003-07:002015-04-03T11:30:18.609-07:00Foreign Ministry must have eye on Embassies
It was really saddened and angry to hear about the behavior
and the practice of the Sri Lankan embassies of the Migrant worker receiving countries,
especially the safe houses run by those embassies and their staff.
Even after the new government I don’t see proper and
systematic interventions in relation to the Migrant workers issue. 2 million
citizens are being neglected by the all consecutiveLakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-24894989353593113872013-07-19T10:47:00.001-07:002013-07-19T10:47:27.968-07:00Women were asked to raise their skirts Don't get panicked this hasn't happen but its almost happening. Sri Lankan government requested its female migrant workers to register with their family background , permission is seeking form husbands and declair their privasy to the state officials.
Those who are familiar with militarization and state interferences in private life, this is not a breaking news !!!! but this is yet an Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-39339227397860125062013-07-19T10:37:00.002-07:002013-07-19T10:37:28.140-07:00
SLBFE initiates SMS system to help migrant workers
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign
Employment (SLBFE) initiated a text message system to empower Sri Lankan
migrant workers, by enabling them to get in touch with officials in Sri
Lanka, if they face any problems in their countries of employment.
Minister of Foreign Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-62747667250958929272013-07-19T10:36:00.000-07:002013-07-19T10:36:05.901-07:00Complaints from Sri Lankan migrant workers
Complaints from Sri Lankan migrant workers
Eligibility: Sri Lankan Nationals Method of submitting application:
The application can be submitted by either personally visiting the
Consular Division or by sending it along with other relevant documents
by Registered Post. Places where application form could be obtained: Consular Division, 3rd Floor, BOI Building, Sir Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-19361721255562047912013-07-19T10:35:00.000-07:002013-07-19T10:35:38.907-07:00Undocumented Sri Lankan migrant workers in Saudi Arabia gets extended amnesty period to leave
Tue, Jul 2, 2013, 10:36 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
July 02, Colombo: A royal order issued by
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has extended the amnesty period for
undocumented migrant workers in the Kingdom to correct their status by
four months.
The extended grace period until 4th of November will allow the illegal
migrant workers to leave the country without a penalty. Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-44448794476978735902013-07-19T10:33:00.000-07:002013-07-19T10:33:07.615-07:00 Training programmers for Sri Lankan migrant workers to West Asia commenced
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Sun, Jul 14, 2013, 10:20 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
July 14, Colombo: The foreign employment
authority in Sri Lanka has commenced training programs for local migrant
workers to West Asian countries.
The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB) has said that the
programme is currently limited to workers going to Saudi Arabia.
SLFEB Deputy Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-27867278343957446732012-05-03T09:55:00.001-07:002012-05-03T09:55:27.007-07:00Migrant Workers and Tri Lingual Language policy
Sri Lanka as a country heading towards tri lingual language Policy, there is a ministry for that and ministry seems to be getting funds as well. The most importnat segment of Sri Lankan Labour of Sri Lanka is being neglected by the state. There are no proper Language facilities for tamil language Speakers at the Sri Lanka Foriegn Employment Bureau Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-11036587584095659332011-06-22T11:03:00.001-07:002012-05-03T09:47:44.650-07:00Migrant workers pension scheme: Silent theftBy Lakshan J.S. Dias
Migrant workers are the most innocent and victimised community in Sri Lanka where there is no proper organisation for their rights or benefit. The institution created for their benefit is the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) which is a questionable entity whether they really act on behalf of the migrant workers. Now the government has triggered another problemLakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-58047034545521342792011-06-22T10:35:00.001-07:002011-06-22T10:35:35.892-07:00Alleged rapist freedA Sri Lankan man who was arrested in Jordan over the weekend over allegations of rape and abuse of women at a garment factory, has been set free, the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights said.
Charles Kernaghan, director of the institute told News Now.lk that Anil Shantha was freed yesterday and he is now back at the same garment factory in Jordan.
“Anil Santha was imprisoned for rape Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-47349366515248386992011-06-22T10:30:00.001-07:002011-06-22T10:30:59.162-07:00SL women ‘routinely raped’ in JordanScores of young Sri Lankan women working in a garment factory called ‘Classic Factory’ in Jordan sewing clothing for world renowned clothing outlets have suffered routine sexual abuse and repeated rapes, and in some cases even torture, a report released by an organization called Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights said.
Issuing a full detailed report, the US based organization said, Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-86536140549436616832011-06-22T10:28:00.001-07:002011-06-22T10:28:30.040-07:00Jordan probing abuse claimsThe Jordan labour minister started investigating allegations of sexual abuse, torture and rape against foreign workers in a garment factory in Jordan’s Al Hassan Industrial Estate (QIZ) reported by a US-based labour advocacy group.
The 82-page report, issued by the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights (IGLHR), cited testimonies compiled via interviewing foreign workers at Classic FashionLakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-80535729134865973432011-06-22T10:27:00.001-07:002011-06-22T10:27:37.708-07:00Investigation in to maid tortureBy Gandhya Senanayake
The Sri Lankan Bureau of Foreign Employment has requested Lebanese officials to conduct a criminal investigation in to the alleged torture of a Sri Lankan maid, after she was forced to gulp down iron nails by her previous employer, the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau told Daily Mirror online
The maid identified as Malkanthi had reportedly told her new employer that sheLakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-18067443634339797442011-06-22T10:23:00.001-07:002011-06-22T10:23:31.671-07:00One parent pardons RizanaBy Sumaiya Rizvi
One parent of the dead Saudi infant had pardoned her however both parents had to pardon if she were to be acquitted, Minister of foreign employment promotion and welfare Dilan Perera said yesterday at a press conference.
Sri Lankan housemaid Rizana is in death row in Saudi Arabia for the death of an infant. Her execution had been suspended by the king and her fate is now in theLakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-41296461861034064412011-06-22T10:15:00.001-07:002011-06-22T10:21:36.676-07:00Lankan housemaid severely torturedBy- R. Anurudthan
A woman resident of Vakarai was severely tortured in Saudi Arabia by her employer that left her seriously maimed. She was handed over to her relatives at the Foreign Employment Bureau Office, on Monday. The Victim is Manohary Bawani, a mother of two children who went to Saudi Arabia in June 2003 to work as a housemaid in Damam.
The trouble started when she had asked for her Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-40010702341922948962011-06-22T10:09:00.001-07:002011-06-22T10:09:44.387-07:00Deported Lankans landedAbout 40 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers, who were deported from Britain, arrived here this morning, police said.
A senior police officer confirmed that currently statements were being recorded from them by a special team from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). “We were just recording statements from them, once the procedure is over we will allow them to go soon,” the official said. (Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-69852756589292732292011-06-22T10:07:00.001-07:002011-06-22T10:07:06.798-07:00Decomposed body of Lankan recoveredThe partially decomposed remains of a 30-year-old Sri Lankan woman who is said to have died of internal bleeding have been referred to Forensics, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
The daily quoting Kuwaiti security sources said police and paramedics acting on information from neighbors of the woman that foul smell was emanating from her apartment got permission from the Public Prosecution and Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-26437584423083245922011-06-22T10:03:00.001-07:002011-06-22T10:03:08.223-07:00Last of stranded Lankans leaveThe Sri Lankan Consulate cleared Monday the last batch of 117 stranded workers who were languishing under Jeddah's Kandara bridge, a popular location for stranded foreign laborers.
"This was the last batch of the 1,000 Sri Lankan workers who were living under the bridge in Jeddah since November," said Consul General Sabarullah Khan.
He added that the final group comprising 53 women were Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-16761646215143593572011-06-22T09:58:00.001-07:002011-06-22T10:00:23.174-07:00SL maid rescued after 13 yearsA Sri Lankan housemaid was kept against her will by her Saudi sponsor and not paid since she came to the Kingdom in 1997, sources from the Jazan governorate said.
According to the sources, the authorities rescued 45-year-old Weerawardena Hettiarachchilage Indrani Mallika Hettiarachchi and arrested the sponsor on instructions from Jazan Gov. Prince Muhammad bin Nasser, who had been tipped off Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-9134899018879153872011-02-05T05:47:00.001-08:002011-02-05T05:47:32.254-08:00LANKAN MIGRANT WORKERS TAKEN TO OTHER AREAS BEYOND LOW PAYING MIDDLE EASTERN ZONESri Lankan migrant workers must be taken to other areas beyond the low-paying Middle East Zone, says Dullas Alahapperuma, Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development.
He made this observation while addressing a function in Colombo yesterday.
An agreement was signed with the Minster of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities yesterday to provide a national Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-9891932555881199042011-01-17T03:00:00.000-08:002011-01-17T03:00:14.158-08:00Look after our Middle East earners NOWLakbima
By Sqn. Ldr. J.T. Rex Fernando
With monotonous regularity there are reports in the newspapers of blatant harassment, exploitation and deprivation of legitimate dues of our migrant workers in the Middle East . The most recent cases of torturing of housemaids with nails have been shocking. The following are some of the recent news paper reports of harassment and torture of our migrant Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-14873785049707405622011-01-17T02:56:00.001-08:002011-01-17T02:56:47.675-08:00Skinned AliveSunday Leader - January 16, 2011
By Ranee Mohamed
She can neither sit, nor stand. She can neither sleep or straighten. As she squirms in pain, more painful is the memory of a torture of a lifetime that Sri Lankan housemaid Ana Ummu Fanoon (39) alleges that she underwent in the house where she was employed for eight months in Saudi Arabia .
Hamdu Thaslim of Ambana, Na-Ula, did not have a steady Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-68510142745773653582011-01-10T01:01:00.001-08:002011-01-10T01:01:33.843-08:00Lankan maid rape accused acquittedSunday, 02 January 2011 11:40
The Kuwait Criminal Court acquitted a resident accused of sexually assaulting his Sri Lankan housemaid. The case file indicates the maid was hired from a domestic recruitment agency, and the suspect had gone with his wife to buy clothing and asked the maid to wear them.
The housemaid claimed she refused to put the clothes on, and she went into her room but the Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-82712489362837295112011-01-06T06:10:00.000-08:002011-01-06T06:10:05.649-08:00Maid shows wounds to judge in Saudi ArabiaRIYADH: An Indonesian house maid who has accused her female Saudi employer of stabbing, beating and burning her appeared in court for the first time yesterday and showed her wounds, an Indonesian official said.
Sumiati Binti Salan Mustapa, 23, “showed the judge her injuries, especially her head,” said Diddi Wahyudi, an Indonesian consular official in Jeddah.
The Saudi woman was arrested after Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-88403582917631374322011-01-06T06:08:00.000-08:002011-01-06T06:08:31.537-08:0043 migrants drown off Yemen coastADEN: At least 43 African migrants trying to reach Yemen by boat have drowned in heavy seas off the coast, and a second boat with up to 40 Ethiopians aboard is missing, Yemen’s Interior Ministry
said yesterday.
The ministry website said three Somalis were rescued after a vessel carrying 46 people, mostly from Ethiopia, capsized, and a second boat carrying Ethiopians was missing.
• The PeninsulaLakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339239734906215715.post-27309729580337786272011-01-03T23:37:00.000-08:002011-01-03T23:37:13.732-08:00Deserted workers to fly homeKhaleej Times Online > NATION
Ismail Sebugwaawo
4 January 2011
RAS AL KHAIMAH - After spending months in harsh conditions without proper food and, sometimes, with no electricity and water in their accommodation units, around 150 Indian employees will finally be sent home this week.
These workers, who also include a few skilled employees, have been working for Anvem FZC — a ventilator Lakshan Dias Associateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479584487208499029noreply@blogger.com0