Srilanka approved open economy policy in 1977.

The concomitant free flow of new technology foreign investment and introduction of electronic media have resulted in a rapid process of social change in SrilankaTthe youth to migrate for employment in the middle east.By the 1900s annual migration was more than 130000 and it stands at around 200000 today.The Srilankan govt. has engaged in bilateral discussions will receiving countries to improve conditions of its migrants population.Once they entered Italy agents and friend assinted in finding them jobs.Maximum migrants did not have any vocational training.Being relatively less educated initially irregular were mostly engaged in menial jobs domestic servents cooks gardeners and labourers .Most migrants stayed in the destination country for two or four years . A large number reported that that substantial part of their of the initial years was soent paying of agents and loan incurred ton finance their migration.Italy as a destination for irregular migrants was favored for several factors.firstly finding employment on arrival was relatively easy.Secondly their earning capacity was relatively high.Lastly the indifference shown by the state.They have also been able to lead a successful life upon their return to Srilanka. There was the propensity of returning migrants from Italy to spend huge sums to build palatial house.At the social level they did not like to interect with their old neighbor,whose socio economic ststus remain unchanged.Of cource through attaining education and the accumulation of wealth the children of migrant families were likely to enter the ranks of the elite.