Sri Lankan workers receive Rs. 56.9 Mn in recovered wages from Saudi Arabia
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1 min readFrom 3 outlets- Newswire reports that payments were made on November 13 at the SLBFE, with General Manager Devapriya Gunasinghe overseeing the event.
- Newswire says 639,381 Saudi riyals, worth about Rs. 56.9 million, was recovered.
- Newswire reports the recoveries took place between January 2026 and November 11, 2026.
Daily Mirror and Newswire report that 40 Sri Lankan migrant workers who experienced difficulties in Saudi Arabia received nearly Rs. 56.9 million in unpaid salaries and allowances. Ada Derana also reports a recovery for 40 workers, but gives the amount as Rs. 5.69 million.
Newswire reports that the funds were handed to the workers on November 13 at the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), in an event overseen by its General Manager, Devapriya Gunasinghe. The outlet says the sum recovered was 639,381 Saudi riyals, approximately Rs. 56.9 million, for unpaid salaries and allowances.
Newswire says recovery work ran from January 2026 through November 11, 2026, and was carried out through legal interventions and operations by the Sri Lankan Embassy’s Employment and Labour Welfare Division in Saudi Arabia. It reports that the Embassy also helped secure the return to Sri Lanka of workers who had been unlawfully detained in Saudi Arabia, and that the recovered money was sent to the SLBFE for distribution.
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