Lankans should never travel abroad for work under tourist visas – FM Sabry
Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry said in Parliament yesterday that people should never attempt to travel abroad for work under tourist visas.
He was responding to a query by Kandy District MP Wasantha Yapa Bandara with regard to 56 Sri Lankans being forcibly detained in a Myanmar terrorist camp and put to work as cyber slaves.
The Minister said that if a person goes for a job in a foreign country, he should find out who the employer is and what the job is with a proper understanding, otherwise he will have to suffer in the hands of various brokers abroad.
The Minister said that these detainees are being forced to commit financial cyber frauds and if they are given a target and do not achieve that target, they will be physically assaulted.
The Minister said that while these rescues are taking place, people are still looking for jobs abroad on tourist visas and last week, three people went to Bangkok via Dubai and went to Myanmar on the normal highway to look for jobs.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in coordination with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Myanmar continues to make every effort to rescue and repatriate all Sri Lankan nationals, who have become victims of human trafficking and are trapped in Myanmar, in close collaboration with the Myanmar government authorities.
The Minister further said that following continuous efforts made by the Government of Sri Lanka, eight Lankans out of the 56 trapped in cybercrime centres in Myawaddy area in Myanmar have been rescued by the Myanmar government authorities and are currently in the Myawaddy Central Police Station.
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Myanmar is currently working on the early repatriation of the rescued Lankans. As per information made available by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Myanmar, the 56 Lankans who have been trafficked are being held in four separate locations in the Myawaddy area, and the rescued eight Lankans were in one of these locations, in an area that could be accessed by the Myanmar government.
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