Sri Lankan domestic workers Grace and Mallika Geeganagegamage are heading home with memories of physical and mental abuse.
Mallika left yesterday on an Air Arabia flight on a ticket she purchased on her own. The MWPS and a well-wisher gave her some money for expenses during travel.
Grace will be leaving for Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
On June 22 the Tribune had reported about Grace who had fractured her leg while escaping from her second sponsor who, she said, had made advances when his wife was away.
Grace was taken to her recruitment agency which she said beat and abused Bangladeshi, Ethiopian, Indian and Sri Lankan women.
Afraid that the doctor would return her to the agency Grace ran away and was brought to the Migrant Workers’ Protection Society.
She narrated her problems to MWPS members who in turn filed a complaint against her agency.
Grace will be leaving for Sri Lanka on July 25 after she receives her passport. “The sponsor agreed to give her passport after the Minister of Labour intervened,” Delrene Embuldeniya, acting action head of MWPS said.
Grace will be receiving one month’s salary from the recruitment agency. “The MWPS has bought for her a Qatar Airways ticket to Colombo and a wellwisher has given BD50 towards expenses she may incur during travel,” Delrene said.
Mallika ran away on June 8 and with the help of the MWPS lodged a complaint against her sponsor. “She will receive six months’ salary of which one month’s has to be paid to the agent as his fees,” Delrene said. “The sponsor has cancelled her residence permit and given her the passport.” Mallika left on an Air Arabia flight on a ticket she purchased on her own. The MWPS and a well-wisher gave her some money for expenses during travel.