Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe says that it is necessary to all stakeholders get together dealing with matters important to the migrant workers. Addressing the senior officials meeting and fourth ministerial consultations of Abu Dhabi dialogue in Colombo today he also said specially for Sri Lanka foreign employment has become a major source of revenue.

It is important to look into the matters relevant to the families of migrant workers . Majority of the migrant workers are women and the problem related to their employment as well as the family and welfare should be looked into. A middle class has emerged in Sri Lanka partly due to foreign employment. The Prime Minister said that the Asia is becoming a fast growing region. Sri Lanka has made arrangement to develop Sri Lanka as a hub of the Indian ocean.

Minister Thalatha Athukorala who was elected as the chairperson of the Abu Dhabi dialogue for two years said that, she hopes to work with the support of countries in the region for the benefit of migrant workers.