Sri Lanka Foreign worker remittances was recorded as US$ 480 million in May 2023, Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara said.
With the May figures, total value of remittances recorded for the year 2023 was recorded as US$ 2.347 Bn compared to US$ 1.335 Bn received in 2022 during the same period.
The Minister further said that a further US$ 150 million is required monthly as remittance to reach the pre-crisis levels. He further said that the government is working towards making Sri Lanka a high skill export hub. (NewsWire)