Forty-six Sri Lankan domestic workers in Kuwait were sent back to the country by the Kuwait authorities this morning.
The deportees had stayed there illegally and wanted to come back to the country. Therefore, they had registered with the Sri Lankan Embassy in Kuwait to return home.
The visas had expired of these persons. Some of them returned due to illnesses and other issues.
Furthermore, around 2000 Sri Lankan domestic workers in Kuwait have registered to return to the country.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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