Type of Intervention: Other Announcement
Sectors Involved: Immigration
Intervention Categories: International travel measures; Repatriation of nationals
Level of Jurisdiction: Supranational
Lead People/Agency: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Overview: The Foreign Secretary has appealed to Overseas Sri Lankans to rethink plans to be repatriated unless in compelling circumstances. The Foreign Secretary has called on migrant workers as well as students and parents to carefully consider the effect repatriation at this time could have on their jobs and education, before making the decision to seek a return to Sri Lanka, taking note of of the limited flights being operated by the Government for those facing compelling circumstances. Help is being provided to the most vulnerable through various networks of 67 Missions, 16 where the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment is also present, in order to try and provide dry rations (and where necessary medicines) so that the problems they face can be managed.
Full details here: https://news.lk/news/political-current-affairs/item/30154-foreign-secretary-appeals-to-osls-to-rethink-plans-to-be-repatriated-unless-in-compelling-circumstances
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Public Opinion (e.g. consultations, opinion polling)
Source of Evidence or Justification: National – government
Evidence/Justification: The difficulty to some extent is the fact that they are spread all over the world. Sri Lankan Airlines (and cargo flights which are now flying) are not travelling to many of these capitals.