SRI LANKA: FACTS AND FIGURES

 

Table 4.1: Year wise Overseas Recruitment by type of Agency and Sex of migrant (Dec 2002)

 

Year

Direct

Registered Agency

Total

M

F

T

M

F

T

M

F

T

1996

16,024

31,106

47,130

27,088

88,358

115,446

43,112

119,464

162,576

1997

10,048

25,185

35,233

27,504

87,546

115,050

37,552

112,731

150,283

1998

18,918

28,335

47,253

34,946

77,614

112,563

53,867

105,946

159,816

1999

29,123

29,985

59,108

34,597

86,030

120,627

63,720

116,015

179,753

2000

27,157

27,416

54,573

32,636

94,979

127,615

59,793

122,395

182,188

2001

26,620

24,920

51,540

33,187

99,280

132,467

59,807

124,200

184,007

2002*

28,029

22,762

50,791

42,697

110,222

152,919

70,72

132,984

203,710

*Provisional

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