Expatriate workers send USD 476.4 million in February

8 March 2024 11:58 am Views - 1954

Colombo, March 8 (Daily Mirror) - In February, expatriate workers sent a total of USD 476.4 million to the country, marking a 14 percent increase compared to the same month last year, the Labour and Foreign Employment Ministry said.

They said during the past period, an amount of 9691.4 million US dollars has been sent to this country.

The Labour and Foreign Employment Ministry says that there has been a good response to the requests to expatriate workers to send money to the country through legal systems.