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Eight Sri Lankan youths fall prey to job racket
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By
Daniel P. George
daniel@eveningpost.ae
Eight Sri Lankan youths have been forced to make streets in Jaffaliya and Satwa
Dubai Eight Sri Lankan youths have been forced to make streets in Jaffaliya and Satwa their home thanks to unscruplous recruiting agents in Colombo and the UAE.
The eight youths hailing from Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee and Vavuniya districts, under the control of the LTTE, were brought to Dubai on transit visas issued by a leading Dubai-based airline.
One of the youth Mohammed Ansar said he along with the others landed here on November 12 after paying about Rs 2.5 lakh to the agents back home based on a promise to be taken to Dubai on employment visas.
“The agent Sherifuddin, a native of Trincomalee, told us we could go to Dubai and work there. However, our passports were taken away after we landed at the Dubai airport and we were taken to Fujairah. We worked as labourers and were paid only Dh 50 each for five days of work. Now, we have approached the Sri Lankan consulate to help repatriate us,” says Ansar.
Ansar’s brother-in-law Surendran is also a victim of the racket. He sold his land to get the money to pay the agent.
Ansar says they were met at the Dubai International Airport by a Sri Lankan woman who identified herself as Shanu. She took away their passports and tickets after giving them their numbers.
When contacted, Shanu says, “I do not even know these youths. I only went there to pick up a parcel of sweets sent by someone back home.
When told she was in serious trouble, she gave evasive replies and said, “Do whatever you want”.
Sri Lankan Consul General P.D. Fernando says, “This is the 11th instance of youths being brought here on transit visas. It is a pity that people being cheated this way. We are in the process of referring them to local authorities for early repatration. One of them, Bhuvanesan has developed complicated chest problems and we are appealing to to the authorities to repatriate them at the earliest. The lack of shelter and the bad weather here will only make matters worse.”
The Sri Lankan Bureau of Foreign Employment in Colombo has been apprised of this recent racket in transit visas and action is being initiated. The concerned airline is also being informed of the racket.
Sources at the Sri Lankan consulate said bringing Sri Lankans to Dubai on transit visas is a new way of trespassing stringent requirements back home for unskilled people traveling abroad for work. |
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