The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake thanked the Minister for the reply and highlighted the foreign exchange potential of tourism and worker remittances. He recalled the 2016 policy setting a US$300 minimum for migrant workers and urged the Minister to review and raise the effective minimum to about US$350, arguing that current earnings of roughly US$175–250 limit monthly remittance inflows.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, thank you for the comprehensive reply. Tourism can earn about US$4 billion annually, and overseas workers remit around US$700 million monthly. Our Government in 2016 had a US$300 minimum for migrant workers. I urge you to review and raise the effective minimum—workers now get roughly US$175–250; raising to US$350 would significantly increase monthly remittances.
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 June 2025. No. 1751430648025512. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27468