Jobs for a lakh more in Qatar
by Lakshmi de Silva
The State of Qatar has agreed to employ another
100,000 Sri Lankans in addition to the 130,000 already there.
This follows an agreement reached during the talks between
Qatar’s Minister of Labour Dr. Sultan Al Dawsary and Sri Lanka’s
Minister of Foreign Employment and Welfare Development Keheliya
Rambukwella in Qatar, the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
announced yesterday (10).
The employment opportunities were for skilled
workers in the construction field and artisans. Last year 38,000
migrated to Qatar and out of that 34,000 were trained and
skilled male workers. The rest 4,000 were housemaids, the SLBFE
said.
