The number of people who have registered with the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau and left for foreign jobs has exceeded 200,000 according to the Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara.
By 6 pm today (Sept 03), the number of people who registered with the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau and left for foreign employment was reported as 200,026.
The largest number of migrant workers left for foreign jobs in history was recorded in 2022 with 311,000 people leaving the country.
It is expected that the number of people leaving for foreign jobs will exceed 300,000 this year.