This study aimed to determine the causes of migration of women migrant domestic workers, obtain a deeper understanding of the situation of affected women, assess the status and nature of post-arrival assistance to affected migrants, identify the personal, household and community assets and opportunities that encourage migrant workers to stay behind their families. The study was conducted on a 122 purposive sample of "Affected and Returned Migrant Workers" from six Districts of high and low labor sending regions in Sri Lanka. Ampara, Anuradhapura, Colombo, NuwaraEliya, Puttalam, and Vavuniya were the six Districts covered by the study. The majority of migrant women belong to disadvantaged communities where the traditional livelihoods are not viable. The reasons for migration are noted as being due to lack of access to regular and substantial income and the inability to bear the rising cost of living. In addition, some of the major aspirations of the migrant women were to build houses, collect dowry and to educate their children. Among the specific problems of the women that force them to migrate are high indebtedness, domestic violence and the alcohol addiction of spouses. Female-headed households remain a fair segment of the migrating population. Abdication of male responsibilities is noted as an increasing phenomenon that pushes more and more women to migrate. The study comes up with certain recommendation also to remedy the identified issues pertaining to women migrant domestic workers.