COLOMBO, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia are ready to provide travel documents for Sri Lankans working in the country illegally to make use of a general amnesty and return home, a statement from the ministry of foreign employment said here Thursday.
The statement said Saudi Arabia had set in motion an amnesty starting from March 29 to allow illegal workers to come forward and legally leave the country.
"There will be no bar for them to return to work legally in the Kingdom in the future," the ministry statement said.
The amnesty would be in force for 90 days, the statement said.
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Riyadh and consulate in Jeddah are ready to provide travel documents for Sri Lankans who are ready to return to the country, the statement said.
