911,689 passports issued in 2022
The Immigration Department says that 911,689 passports have been issued in 2022.
This data was released in its annual performance report which was issued recently.
The Department of Immigration says that 2022 saw the highest number of passports issued in the last five years.
The department stated that 529,138 additional passports were issued in 2022 compared to 2021.
Last year, the number of people who left the country from the BIA stood at 2,008,066.
Among them, 1,124,022 are Sri Lankans and 864,648 are foreigners, according to the Department of Immigration.
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