Financial Times

Pension call for migrant workers
Some 1.5 million Sri Lankan migrant workers have returned to the country after serving abroad during the last 25 years, many of whom are feeble and worn-out with no income or welfare support, the Migrant Workers Centre (MWC) said last week.

In a statement to mark International Migrant Day Celebrations, the MWC urged the government to introduce a pension scheme for these workers. The centre, which has been helping migrant workers and campaigning for their rights, repeated a call for migrant workers serving overseas to be given the right to absentee voting at elections and also asked the authorities to consider them, as well as those in employment and those who've returned for a social security scheme.

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