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Activists protest in Sri Lanka after stranded migrant workers in Middle East die from covid-19

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Colombo, Jul 8 (EFE/EPA).- Members of 'Women's Movement for Freedom' Sri Lankan civil rights activists group on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the Labour Secretariat at Narahenpita in Colombo. 'Women's Movement for Freedom' Sri Lankan civil rights activists group staged a protest claiming the government was lethargic in bringing back the Sri Lankan migrant workers currently stranded in the Middle Eastern countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Hemamali Abeyratne, National Organizer of Women's Movement for Freedom, more than 1,200,000 Sri Lankans are employed in the Middle East, and 30 people have already died and three committed suicide due to COVID-19. However, with travel between Covid-19 pandemic hit countries gradually opening up and even before the Sri Lankan government has been bringing back overseas workers and students into the island in small numbers, carrying out PCR tests on arrival, sending them to quarantine centers and providing medical attention to those infected. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE). SHOT LIST: SRI LANKAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS GROUP HOLD PORTRAITS OF SRI LANKAN COVID-19 VICTIMS IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES DURING A PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE LABOUR SECRETARIAT AT NARAHENPITA IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.

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