In a ground breaking development, a group of 58 garment workers from Sri Lanka have arrived in the Russian Federation to begin work in the garments industry in that country, Sri Lanka’s embassy in Moscow announced last week.A news release said the seamstresses arrived on Aug. 2 to start working in two well-known garments factories located in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
While the embassy initiated the opportunity for this foreign employment, implementation was through the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency (SLFEA) without intervention by job agencies.
“Discussions are underway in a progressive manner with the regional government authorities in Nizhny Novgorod to make 700 more employment opportunities available for Sri Lankan skilled seamstresses,” the release said.
“Moreover, this Embassy in liaison with relevant authorities is in the process of devising a mechanism in order to create more employment opportunities for skilled Lankan migrant workers in the Russian Federation and other countries of accreditation of the mission.”
These jobs will be for workers with various skills.The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow is pleased to have initiated direct employment opportunities for Sri Lankan skilled migrant workers in the Russian Federation for the first time in the history, in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency (SLFEA), a fully owned state organization in Sri Lanka.
Under this initiative, the first group consisting of 58 seamstresses arrived in the Russian Federation on the 02 August 2023 to be employed at two renowned textile manufacturing plants located in Nizhny Novgorod region.
The Embassy facilitated the said employers to enter into agreements with the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency to recruit these 58 seamstresses without involvement of intermediate agencies.
Discussions are underway in a progressive manner with the regional government authorities in Nizhny Novgorod to to make more 700 employment opportunities available for Sri Lankan skilled seamstresses. Moreover, this Embassy in liaison with relevant authorities is in the process of devising a mechanism in order to create more employment opportunities for Sri Lankan skilled migrant workers in the Russian Federation and other countries of accreditation, under a number of technical categories.