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Record Remittances to Sri Lanka: Hidden Realities Behind the Headlines
By Dr Bilesha Weeraratne, Research Fellow and Head of Migration and Urbanisation Policy Research, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri
Summary
Similarly, the largest share of remittances to Sri Lanka is sent by migrant workers in the Middle Eastern region. Of these, 41% were reported from Saudi Arabia, 34% from Kuwait, and 10% from the UAE. Such enhanced safeguarding of female workers' rights would minimise the trade-offs between the benefits of migration and remittances, and the hardships and sacrifices experienced by migrant workers and their families.
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People
- Bilesha Weeraratne3
- Remittance Origins2
Organisations
- Migration and Urbanisation Policy Research3
- Institute of Policy Studies3
- IPS3
- UAE3
- Household Income and Expenditure Survey2
- Families Left BehindDespite2
- Record Remittances2
- Family Background Report
Places
- United Arab Emirates3
- Saudi Arabia3
- Australia3
- Sri Lanka3
- Canada3
- France3
- Kuwait3
- Qatar3
Keywords
- headlines2
- realities2
- hidden2
- worker
- comes
- human
- surge
- cent
- cost
- usd
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