Dispatching underage girl’s overseas racket foiled
Mar 25, 2016
Foreign employment bureau said that together with the help of the police they were able to surround and save seven underage girls forcibly detained in a place yesterday 23rd planning to send overseas for employment.
The foreign employment bureau said, from a tip received they were able to save these girls and arrest three people connected to this racket in a lodge located in Maradana.
Joining for s discussion with Sandeshaya, active director of the foreign employment bureau and media spokesperson lawyer Upul Deshapriya said, rackets creating forged documents and sending underage girls to Saudi Arabia is widely happening in Sri Lanka.
Lawyer Upul Deshapriya said these girls are deceived and brought from very remote villages promising jobs in the gulf for very low wages by sub agents.
Wide racket
Six girls saved from the raid are between 17 and 20 and depending on the order the agent hand over to the task to sub agents to find domestic workers.
He pointed out despite the underage these girls are forcibly detained for months due to the time to taken to arrange fake documents.
Lawyer Upul Deshapriya said these girls are deceived and brought from very remote villages promising jobs in the gulf for very low wages by sub agents.
Wide racket
Six girls saved from the raid are between 17 and 20 and depending on the order the agent hand over to the task to sub agents to find domestic workers.
He pointed out despite the underage these girls are forcibly detained for months due to the time to taken to arrange fake documents.
