Over 150,000 Sri Lankans have left for overseas job this year so far.
Deputy Deputy General Manager of the Foreign Employment Bureau Gamini Senarath Yapa says that most of those who left for overseas employment, booked their flights to the Middle-East.
He also believes that by the end of this year over 300,000 will leave for job overseas.
He says that these statistics are only of those registered in the Foreign Employment Bureau.