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A hefty cost to return home-by Piyumi Fonseka Source:Dailymirror Some families are selling their houses or lands, or going into debt, to be able to repatriate their relatives from Lebanon Organised gangs earn money by sending job seekers to Middle Eastern countries especially Dubai on visit visas None of the workers in Lebanon actually received any funds from the OWWF or any other source , nor any information about how exactly these funds can be claimed Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, thousands of Sri Lankan migrant workers are left with no job, no money and no way out. Unable to return home because of the country’s refusal to accept them soon enough, they have been confined to unsanitary dormitories without access to basic requirements. As of today, the official data show that more than 70 Sri Lankan migrant workers have died from COVID.    The majority were low-skilled migrant workers in ...