Air tickets for jailed women.Byline: GEOFFREY BEW THE Sri Lankan government has pledged to pay for the air tickets of female workers returning home from Bahrain's prisons, it has emerged. Migrant Workers A migrant worker is someone who regularly works away from home, if they even have a home.[] Although the United Nations' use of this term overlaps with 'foreign worker', the use of the term within the United States is more specific. Protection Society (MWPS MWPS Million Words Per Second MWPS Multi-Window Physical Spectrum ) action committee head Marietta Dias said the vow was made to the society by the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry officials. "We have spoken with the Sri Lankan government and they have said they will arrange the air tickets for the repatriation Repatriation The process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country. Notes: If you are American, converting British Pounds back to U.S. dollars is an example of repatriation. of women in prison," she told the GDN GDN Garden (postal suffix) GDN Gdansk, Poland - Rebiechowo (Airport Code) GDN Global Data Network GDN Goods Dispatch Note GDN Global Disaster Network (Yahoo group) . "They told us not to pay for any more air tickets and let them know if any new cases come up." Ms Dias said the Sri Lankan government had also agreed to fund the air tickets of runaway housemaids Ismail Nisvika, 26, and Chitra Kodikara, 35, who have been staying at the MWPS shelter for several months. Ms Dias said she had no idea why the government suddenly decided to take financial responsibility for female prisoners Plot summary After being cruelly set up crooked detective named Sugimi (Isao Natsuyagi) she had whole-heartedly fallen in love with, Nami Matsushima (aka Matsu the Scorpion) (Meiko Kaji) is sended to doing hard time in a female prison with 300 prisoners, making her 301. , or how the plan would work. But she welcomed the offer to improve the support available to the 12,000-strong Sri Lankan population in Bahrain. "It is a step in the right direction because it is becoming too expensive for us to buy tickets for these people," said Ms Dias. The Sri Lankan Embassy in Kuwait looks after the affairs of its citizens in Bahrain, although some visa and consular services are offered through honorary consul-general P B Higgoda at the Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. Club. Meanwhile, Ms Dias said the number of housemaids of all nationalities running away from their sponsors was on the rise and called for the recruitment of highly-skilled workers. "It is a fact that more are running away and we have noticed that," she said. "Many have never dealt with household gadgets and equipment and are not used to the size of the houses. "It is unfair to the sponsors also, as they see that these people are not capable and there is also the language and cultural barrier," she added. Copyright A[umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] 2008 Gulf Daily News
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