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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's navy says it has arrested 103 men who were attempting to migrate to Australia illegally in three fishing trawlers.

July 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka is considering to implement rules to blacklist migrant workers who have been convicted of crimes or flouted labor laws in Oman.

Three persons, including a candidate for the upcoming Provincial Council elections in the Eastern Province, were arrested by the CID in connection with a mega human smuggling racket where more than Rs 25 million had been swindled from unsuspecting people who sought asylum in other countries, Police Media Spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said yesterday.

For the first time foreign remittance to Sri Lanka will touch the US $ 10 billion mark by the end of this year. This was US $ six billion last year.

COLOMBO, 12 July 2012 (IRIN) - When Arunalan*, 20, decided to go on the dangerous 8,000km journey by boat to Australia, his family wasn’t surprised. “There are no jobs in Sri Lanka,” his mother told IRIN. But instead he has joined a growing number of young men - mostly from the conflict-affected north and east - in jail.

Foreign employment authorities are planning to provide houses to needy Sri Lankan migrant workers at concessionary rates.

Foreign employment authorities are planning to provide houses to needy Sri Lankan migrant workers at concessionary rates.

Ten Top Questions on Refugees and Asylum-Seekers answered by UNHCR’s Representative in Sri Lanka Michael Zwack on World Refugee Day, 2012. On June 20, UNHCR marks World Refugee Day, remembering the struggle of millions of people fleeing violence and persecution across borders.