The Hon. (Mrs.) Nilusha Lakmali Gamage
Nilusha Lakmali Gamage seconded the Adjournment Motion on migrant workers and emphasized the need for mandatory SLBFE registration, sector-specific pre-departure training, migration orientation, skills development, and financial literacy. She highlighted language barriers and inadequate training on machinery and workplace processes as causes of hardship and accidents, and called for a systematic programme to provide basic language and job-related training before deployment. She also noted the sacrifices made by women migrant workers who leave their families to improve their children’s future and household economic conditions.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, I second the Adjournment Motion moved by our colleague and thank you for the opportunity to speak on migrant workers.
¶ 02 Mandatory SLBFE registration, sector-relevant pre-departure training, educational and skills development, orientation on migration procedures, and financial literacy are the needs of the time.
¶ 03 Our migrant workers face major problems due to language barriers; unable to communicate, they endure serious difficulties. Lack of training on machinery and processes also leads to accidents. Therefore, under a systematic programme, if we provide proper training and basic language skills before deployment, it will ensure their safety. We say this based on what we have witnessed over time. Women leave their children and go abroad hoping to secure a better future for them and to create a better economic environment—because mothers deeply love their children. However, when they are separated from their families and go abroad…
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Cite as: The Hon. (Mrs.) Nilusha Lakmali Gamage. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 March 2025. No. 1745915246032615. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8591