Sri Lankan migrant workers’ foreign remittances increase in April 2023 compared to 2022
Posted by Editor on May 13, 2023 - 11:12 am
Sri Lankan migrant workers’ foreign remittances increased to US$ 454.0 million in April 2023 from US$ 248.9 million in April 2022, according to Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara.
This is an increase of US$ 205.1 million (82.4%) compared to the inflows recorded in April 2022, the minister said further.
Total remittance for this year is US$ 1,867.2 million.
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