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Table 149 (Labor, Foreign Employ., Labor Importing Country)
Departures for Unskilled Jobs by Major Labor Importing 
Countries - Male 
Lab149e
Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Saudi Arabia 8,577 7,777 8,474 14,258 14,979 10,960
United Arab Emirates 1,711 1,306 1,160 1,461 3,505 4,903
Bahrain 300 247 267 420 447 796
Oman 629 340 213 205 573 344
Kuwait 1,672 1,825 1,220 1,343 2,252 2,033
Qatar 2,760 3,415 3,224 4,517 5,067 4,714
Jordan 56 50 75 61 78 142
Singapore 150 120 109 82 80 60
Lebanon 368 480 516 859 376 370
Cyprus 252 242 151 301 340 352
Maldives 1,235 576 445 671 929 731
South Korea 114 1,441 783 202 308 652
Italy 1,442 612 96 108 1,015 87
Hong Kong 56 25 2 15 10 8
Brunei 17 30 3 1 2 3
Algeria 18 16 - 1 1 1
Syria 10 18 5 5 7 9
Greece 30 24 8 11 13 11
Egypt 3 7 1 - 1 8
Seychelles 12 10 14 6 13 4
United State 15 3 1 2 4 2
United Kingdom 8 2 2 1 3 -
Parkistan 2 - - 4 3 -
Kenya 5 1 - - - -
Malaysia 9 1 2 2 2 309
Mauritius 1 8 - - - -
Japan 9 15 - 4 1 1
France 28 - - - 1 -
Canada 42 4 - - - -
Switzerland 12 3 - - - -
Others 87 42 21 13 17 9
Total 19,630 18,640 16,792 24,553 30,027 26,509
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
 Statistical Hand Book on Migration 2000 , Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
Revised:  2003(y)/10(m)/01(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
      Head, Department of Management Studies
      University of Peradeniya.