{"id":117991,"date":"2023-07-11T18:07:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=117991"},"modified":"2023-07-11T18:07:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:07:30","slug":"remittances-from-expat-workers-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/remittances-from-expat-workers-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Remittances from expat workers rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Remittances from expat workers rise<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/remittances-from-expat-workers-rise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/foreign-remitance-in-sri-lanka.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/remittances-from-expat-workers-rise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Sri Lankan workers had remitted\u00a0USD 476 million in June 2023,\u00a0Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara,\u00a0said on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">He added that they had remitted only 274.3 million dollars in June 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Minister Nanayakkara said that total remittances up to June 2023, amounted to USD 2.82 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u201cWe are still below 2021 levels, but we will get there hopefully,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In 2021, Sri Lankan expatriate workers sent USD 5.49 billion dollars, which dropped to 3.8 billion dollars in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lankan workers had remitted\u00a0USD 476 million in June 2023,\u00a0Minister of Labour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remittances from expat workers rise Source:Island Sri Lankan workers had remitted\u00a0USD 476 million in June 2023,\u00a0Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara,\u00a0said on Saturday. He added that they had remitted only 274.3 million dollars in June 2022. 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