Sri Lanka seeks help for tens of thousands in Lebanon
Commercial Bank Chairman Mr Sharhan Muhseen, Deputy Chairman Mr Raja Senanayake, Managing Director/CEO Mr Sanath Manatunge, and Chief Operating Officer Mr S. Prabagar with CSE Chairman Mr Dimuthu Abeyesekera and representatives of the CSE at the ringing of the opening bell
July 24, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka is seeking urgent help to evacuate workers trapped in Lebanon, despite the vast majority of its estimated 80,000 nationals there apparently not wanting to leave, officials said Monday.
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Sri Lanka has by far the largest number of foreign workers in Lebanon working mostly as housemaids, truck drivers and child-minders, but officials said that very few had requested assistance in returning home.
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The Foreign Employment Bureau, a regulatory authority, said it did not expect a huge exodus of Sri Lankan nationals as most workers preferred to stay in areas unaffected by the conflict.
“We don’t expect to evacuate all 80,000 Sri Lankans,” said Shirani Ekanayake, the Bureau’s coordinator for the relief effort in Lebanon.
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“At the moment, no one is expecting a huge evacuation.