Middle East Crisis: A logistical nightmare - Sri Lanka tries to contact 93,000 nationals

CNN Asia carries a Reuters report that "Sri Lanka is facing a logistical nightmare in trying to contact around 93,000 nationals - mostly housemaids - working in Lebanon, and has so far managed to evacuate just 300, officials have said."

"Around 1.5 million Sri Lankans work abroad, most of them females working in the Middle East as domestic staff, and many are not registered with their local embassies - which are small anyway and do not have the resources to reach so many people in times of crisis."

Full article: 92,700 Sri Lankans in Lebanon