INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Saudi Arabia has ranked first in providing work opportunities to Sri Lankan expats in 2023, as more than 63,000 of them found employment in
the Kingdom.Every year, more than 200,000 migrant workers leave Sri Lanka to work abroad.They are a main source of foreign exchange for the
country, which since last year was gripped by its worst ever financial crisis.P.M
billion a year, a sizable portion has been generated from the Kingdom, which is in the region of 15 to 20 percent of the total
destination, lately also attracting skilled professionals to its megaprojects under Vision 2030.These projects, in addition to a new
employment scheme under the Skill Verification Program, were the main factors making the Kingdom increasingly attractive to Sri Lankans,
according to Amza.The SVP agreement signed in March aims to improve the professional competence of employees in the Saudi labor market and
have been employed in the domestic sector, this year showed growth in the number of those working in the construction and hospitality
