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Top countries Sri Lankans are rushing to for Jobs in 2025
A total of 144,379 Sri Lankan workers left overseas for employment between January and June 2025, according to the SriContinue Reading
By Ada Derana English
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The SLBFE noted that the number of male migrant workers going abroad significantly exceeded that of female workers during this period. Accordingly, 88,684 male workers went abroad for employment, while 55,695 female workers also sought employment overseas. During this period, 6,073 workers departed for Japan, and 3,134 went to South Korea.
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Organisations
- Bureau of Foreign Employment2
- Sri
Places
- Sri Lanka2
- Japan2
- Qatar2
- South Korea.Meanwhile
- United Arab Emirates
- South Korea
- UAE
Keywords
- remittances
- countries
- expected
- overseas
- billion
- lankans
- rushing
- reach
- slbfe
- jobs
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