Why Are Our Young People Leaving? Reflections on Migration, Industry, and Sri Lanka’s Future

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  In 1970, I travelled to Oslo, Norway, to work in the offshore oil and gas industry. At that time, there were very few Sri Lankans in Norway. Besides myself and one other Sri Lankan engineer, only a handful of Sri Lankans worked in technical assistant or clerical positions. Occasionally, one would come … Continue reading Why Are Our Young People Leaving? Reflections on Migration, Industry, and Sri Lanka’s Future