According to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of Israel, 2447 Sri Lankans have gone to Israel for agricultural employment opportunities in Israel since December last year .
Meanwhile , an awareness program was conducted yesterday ( 10/25) at the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau to give air tickets to another 61 Sri Lankans who qualified for jobs in the agro-industrial sector .
This group is the 53rd and 54th group who got Israeli agricultural industrial jobs , 13 of them will leave for Israel on the 30th of this month and the rest on the 6th and 16th of November.
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Israel has confirmed that Sri Lankans working in Israel have not experienced any problems due to the conflict situation in Israel these days.
The Sri Lankan Foreign Employment Bureau requests the public to refrain from giving money to any person or organization to obtain employment opportunities in the agro-industrial sector in Israel, as Sri Lankans are entitled to employment opportunities in the agricultural sector in Israel according to an agreement of understanding between the two countries.
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