Manusha Nanayakkara

Thousands of Sri Lankan workers set to depart for Israel despite war

Dias is among 20,000 workers that Sri Lanka, desperate for dollars and remittances, plans to send to Israel starting early next month to work
Sri Lanka’s labor and foreign employment minister, Manusha Nanayakkara, said they had received more than 10,000 applications to work on Israeli farms

By Reuters · 23 November 2023