 The number of Sri Lankan maids escaping their sponsors has risen significantly since the onset of Ramadan, sources at the country's embassy told The Peninsula yesterday. "We are receiving three to four runaway maids on an average a day since the past week," a source at the mission said. They are mainly complaining of overwork and lack of rest and sleep and want to return home. The number of runaway maids usually increases during Ramadan because most of them are made to work for more than 18 hours a day. The average number of runaway maids was almost 10 a week before Ramadan, said the mission source. |