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Distressed housemaids return home from the Middle East
May 24, 201711:45 AM
A group of women who went to the Middle East seeking employment have returned to the island after being subjected to various hardships abroad.
Accordingly, 52 women have been brought back to Sri Lanka from Kuwait, with the intervention of the Ministry of Foreign Employment.
The group of 52 arrived on the island in the early hours today (24), Ada Derana airport correspondent said.
Before being sent back home, the women had reportedly been retained at the Sri Lankan Embassy after being subjected to hardships during their stay as house maids in the Middle East.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Employment, a second group of about 70 is scheduled to arrive on the island in the evening today (24).
