Pregnant women, children stranded in Dubai brought back to SL

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A total of 289 Sri Lankans including around 100 mothers and 8 children stranded in United Arabi Emirates (UAE) arrived in Sri Lanka today, the officer-in-charge of the Bandaranayake International Airport (BIA) said.

Majority of them are migrant workers who had lost jobs due to COVID-19.

The SriLankan Airlines flight UL-226 carrying the passengers arrived at the BIA at 5.35 a.m.

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sam silva Friday, 19 June 2020 05:20 PM

The elite Sri Lankan had the priority and the maids are last which contributed to the economy tremendously. Sad.

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Kathri arachchige don greshan lakmal siriwardana Saturday, 20 June 2020 12:36 PM

Me also my job is loss.now already 3 months.i need to go sri lanka.i can't saty here.please help to me

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Mahitha Saturday, 20 June 2020 04:03 PM

Pls allow the commercial flights to come to BIA. There are many people who want to come back to Sri Lanka. Give priority plan to bring our citizens back.

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Kim Saturday, 20 June 2020 05:39 PM

These Sri Lankan pregnant women and some with their children who are stranded in the Middle East should have been given top priority to return to Sri Lanka than everybody else. They have contributed billions of rupees to the Sri Lankan economy since the 80's and helped to boost the economy which was on the verge of total collapse.

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