Sajith highlights foreign employment ‘fraud’
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday met a group of youth seeking employment in Israel, during a peaceful protest at the Polduwa Junction, expressing concern over what he described as irregularities in the overseas recruitment process. Addressing the media, Premadasa said thousands of Sri Lankan youth aspired to secure employment overseas to earn a stable income […]
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa met with a group of job-seeking youth in Israel during a peaceful protest, expressing concerns over irregularities in the overseas recruitment process. He highlighted that thousands of Sri Lankan youth aspire to work abroad to support their families, contributing significantly to the country's foreign exchange earnings and economy.
Referring to the 2023 bilateral labour agreement between Sri Lanka and Israel, Premadasa alleged that the agreed recruitment mechanism had been altered, with the ratio of government to private agency recruitment reversed. He claimed that job seekers recruited through government channels paid around Rs. 400,000, whereas those through private agencies paid about Rs.
4.5 million, with private agencies earning US$ 5,000 per worker. Premadasa called for the restoration of the original recruitment ratio and urged the government to negotiate with Israeli authorities to expand official recruitment channels, reducing the financial burden on workers.
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