Job opportunities for Sri Lankan skilled labour in the Russian Federation

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow has initiated direct employment opportunities for Sri Lankan skilled migrant workers in the Russian Federation for the first time in its history, in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency (SLFEA), a fully owned state organisation in Sri Lanka.

Under this initiative, the first group, consisting of 58 seamstresses, arrived in the Russian Federation on August 2, 2023, to be employed at two renowned textile manufacturing plants located in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

The Embassy facilitated the said employers entering into agreements with the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency to recruit these 58 seamstresses without the involvement of intermediate agencies. Discussions are underway in a progressive manner with the regional government authorities in Nizhny Novgorod to make more than 700 employment opportunities available for Sri Lankan skilled seamstresses. Moreover, this Embassy, in liaison with relevant authorities, is in the process of devising a mechanism in order to create more employment opportunities for Sri Lankan skilled migrant workers in the Russian Federation and other countries of accreditation under a number of technical categories.