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Annual Statistical Report of Foreign Employment 2007

Publisher: Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment

Place of Publish: Sri Lanka, Battaramulla

Year: 2007

Page Numbers: 128

Acc. No: 3367

Class No: 315 ANN-SL

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Statistics

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

This report is compiled annually by using various data sources to provide useful information to policy planners, researchers and those who are interested on statistics to migration. Important facts: • Foreign employment industry is ranked as one of the largest earners of foreign exchange. • Based on total departures in 2010, the male participation for Foreign employment was 50.86% and female participation, 49.14%. • Departures for employment during 2010 were 730 persons. • Most female migrants were housemaids.