‘436 Lankans’ bodies sent from Middle East this year’

( December 22, 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake says 436 Sri Lankans who had gone for employment in the Middle East had died and their bodies returned this year.

These persons had left for jobs between January 01 and December 12, he said. He told the local media that thousands more are suffering in prisons and as refugees.

According to him, the Sri Lankan mission in Kuwait alone houses around 400 harassed Sri Lankan workers, including several pregnant women.


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