Al-Marsad Newspaper: The Sri Lankan Foreign Minister of Labor and Employment, Manusha Nana Yakkar, revealed that the Kingdom may bring in up to 200,000 Sri Lankan workers during the current year.
The minister said: 54 thousand jobs were available for Sri Lankans in the Kingdom during the year 2022; He added that more than 300,000 Sri Lankans left the country to work in different countries, most of whom prefer to work in the Middle East.
It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development announced yesterday, obligating all establishments that provide mediation services in the recruitment of domestic workers, not to exceed the upper ceiling for the recruitment of domestic workers from Sri Lanka.
The Ministry set the maximum limit for hiring a domestic worker from Sri Lanka to be 15,000 Saudi riyals, without including the value added tax.
