Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment, Harin Fernando, emphasised that the Government of Sri Lanka has accorded priority to increase foreign employment opportunities available for Sri Lankans in semi-skilled and skilled categories, with a clear focus on diversification of labour markets.
The Minister particularly highlighted the long-term productive contributions made by Sri Lankan labour migrants to the growth of Sri Lanka’s economy.
Fernando made these remarks during a meeting with Ambassador William Lacy Swing, the Director General of International Organization for Migration (IOM) and other senior officials in Geneva on Friday.
The IOM Director General expressed his gratitude for the excellent bilateral cooperation between Sri Lanka and the IOM and conveyed his appreciation for Sri Lanka’s leadership in the Abu Dhabi Dialogue (ADD) as well as its contribution and stewardship of the Colombo Process (CP).
Director General Swing stressed that these regional processes along with other initiatives such as migrant health and migration governance can be harnessed into practical and cooperative programmes that could help many countries to leverage migration for development gains.
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