Diaspora Archives - Lanka Focus https://lankafocus.org/category/diaspora/ Bringing the Global Sri Lankan Communities together Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:40:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 Sri Lanka to raise duty-free allowance for migrant workers to encourage remittance https://lankafocus.org/2023/04/04/elementor-1831/ https://lankafocus.org/2023/04/04/elementor-1831/#respond Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:35:03 +0000 https://lankafocus.org/?p=1831 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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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 U.S. dollars or more, they will be eligible for an additional duty-free allowance of 600, 960, 1,440, 2,400, and 4,800 U.S. dollars, respectively, when shopping at the airport, according to the minister.

The concessions will be available to anyone who has sent the mentioned amount of money through official channels to the country within a year, the minister said.

He added that no tax will be charged on foreign worker remittances and money held in banks in the form of foreign exchange.

Migrant workers’ remittance is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for the South Asian country.

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(Sunday Times 29th Jan 2023)

There has also been a significant development from the US concerning Sri Lanka. Ambassador Beth Van Schaack, head of Global Criminal Justice in the Department of State, was on a visit to Canada last week. She met Tamil diaspora groups and later tweeted : “Meaningful discussions today (January 26) with Canadian Tamil diaspora groups about ways to promote justice, accountability, and reconciliation in Sri Lanka. Respect for human rights is vital for stability and prosperity in Sri Lanka.”  Days earlier, the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, imposed sanctions on two former presidents – Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa. This was in addition to sanctions on two military officers. Sanctions on others are to follow from Western countries. This is the result of a secretariat in the UN Human Rights Council probing a multitude of human rights violations and even economic crimes that have adversely impacted human rights.

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