Colombo says decision mainly due to rights abuses.

Sri Lanka’s expatriate workers, mainly housemaids and unskilled labourers, send back remittances - the island nation’s main foreign exchange earner - that help earn around $7 billion (Dh25.71 billion) a year for the $82.2 billion economy.

Senaratne said President Maithripala Sirisena had appointed a committee to