Ill-treated, claim returnee foreign employees
By Dilshath Banu
More than ninety Sri Lankans employed in Kuwait returned yesterday alleging ill treatment by their employers. Foreign Employment Bureau officials told The Sunday Times that 173 out of 305 Sri Lankans were still in a detention camp at the Lankan Embassy in Kuwait. They would be flown back next week. Most of the detainees were housemaids.

Foreign Employment Bureau officials were negotiating with several airlines to bring back these detainees. The Workers' Welfare Fund is to discuss the amount of compensation to these returnees with the Foreign Bureau of Employment Chairman, the officials said.

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