Sri Lanka to raise duty-free allowance for migrant workers to encourage remittance COLOMBO, April 3 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka is set to increase duty-free allowances for migrant workers at the airport starting May in order to encourage remittance, Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara said on Monday. The increase will be based on the amount of money remitted by the workers, Nanayakkara said during a media briefing. Under the new scheme, there will be five categories of concessions. For people having remitted 2,400-4,799, 4,800-7,199, 7,200-11,999, 12,000-23,999 and 24,000…
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