The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. Hector Appuhamy)
Asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism to provide country-wise figures since 2015 on Sri Lankan migrant workers who have experienced harassment abroad, the number repatriated to Sri Lanka, and the interventions or measures taken on their behalf. The question also seeks reasons if this information cannot be provided.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House the - (i) number of Sri Lankan workers who have gone abroad for employment and suffered various forms of harassment since 2015 to date, separately for each country; (ii) number of persons among them who have been repatriated to Sri Lanka by now; and (iii) interventions and measures being taken for the workers who are subjected to such harassment?
¶ 03 (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Thursday, 21 May 2026 ·No. 23621 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. Hector Appuhamy). 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 May 2026. No. 23621. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/7317