Labor and Foreign Employment Minister Mr. Manusha Nanayakkara says that foreign workers have sent more than 2300 million US dollars to this country in the first five months of this year alone.
The amount sent in May alone was 480 million US dollars.
The Minister stated this while answering the questions that were presented in the Parliament expecting oral answers.
He said that the amount of dollars sent this year is Rs. 792 billion.
In January of this year, expatriate workers sent 437.5 million US dollars and in February they sent 407.4 million dollars.
In March alone, foreign workers sent 868.3 million US dollars. In April, it was 454 million US dollars.