The government said it has taken this measure as all the airports in Libya have been closed and that country's major airport in Tripoli is inaccessible due to continuous protests.
Sri Lanka's Minister of foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Dilan Perera has said that the government is making multi-pronged approaches to evacuate Sri Lankans working in Libya as the situation there is worsening.
The Minister has appointed a committee to coordinate the evacuation round the clock through the External Affairs Ministry.
"We are unable to make any logistic arrangements through IOM, as we understand that the IOM has left Libya due to the prevailing situation," the Government Media Unit quoted the Minister.
"Therefore External Affairs Ministry is making arrangements for this move," he has added.
In another move, the Foreign Employment Bureau is making arrangements to bring the hundreds of Sri Lankans who have crossed the border to Egypt from that country.
The Bureau has said that it is ready to provide the migrant workers necessary travel arrangements inclusive of free air tickets to bring them back to the country.
Sri Lankan migrant workers, mostly employed in the Middle East contribute millions of dollars to the country's foreign exchange reserves through monthly remittances. Foreign employment is the second largest foreign exchange earner for the country accounting for about 7% of GDP and 36% of export earnings.
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