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400 foreign employment agencies to be banned

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This was said by Manusha Nayakkara, Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, in Parliament Saturday, Dec 03.

Speaking on the tight measures taken to regulate the owners of foreign employment agencies, Nanayakkara stated that temporary bans have also been imposed on agencies that received their commissions through the Undial money transfer system, as opposed to bringing dollars into Sri Lanka.

He added that although permits to run such agencies were previously given for Rs. 700,000, it will be increased to Rs. 3,000,000 in the near future.

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