Foreign Employment Bureau Has Rescued Ten Persons Kept At A Lodge In Colombo By Foreign Employment Brokers

Ten Persons who were kept at a temporary Lodge in Maradana(In Colombo) area since few months by some Foreign Employment Brokers while promising them that they will be sending abroad for an employment have been rescued by the Special Investigations Unit of Foreign Employment Bureau yesterday(24).

The Investigations Unit have rescued Seven Females and Three Males who were kept at a lodge by the brokers and three foreign employment brokers who are responsible for keeping the above mentioned persons at the  lodge have been arrested by the Special Investigations Unit.

The Brokers have been identified as residents of Akkaraipattu(In Northern Province) and Maradana(In Colombo) Areas.

The Brokers have been kept the group of persons by promising them they will be given an employment opportunities in countries like Saudi Arabia and Dubai according to reports.One female rescued from the lodge has been kept there for seven months she has told the foreign employment bureau officials.