Eighty Sri Lankan women who left for work in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) through various foreign employment agencies are stranded in Dubai, the Sri Lankan Embassy has informed the Bureau of Women and Children Affairs.
Fifty of them are currently living at the Sri Lankan Consulate General Office in Dubai while the rest have been located at a separate house, Consular General Nalinda Wijeratne said.
It was reported that most of these women have left for the UAE on tourist visas.
Meanwhile, State Minister for Women and Child Affairs Geetha Kumarasinghe said recently that the Ministry will work together with the Sri Lankan Consulate in Dubai to bring the stranded women back to Sri Lanka as soon as possible.