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They mainly pay off their own debts or those of their family: about 30,000 Thais live in Israel. Most of them work in agriculture. The money is good, but the work in the fields is hard.
After the major Hamas attack on Israel, the Southeast Asian kingdom now suffers the most foreign casualties in the new war. Thailand’s death toll has risen to 28, with 16 injured, 17 kidnapped and still missing.
According to the Thai embassy in Tel Aviv, about 7,500 migrant workers want to return home. Only 94 plan to stay. The rest have not yet reported.
Lots of sacrifices for a little more money
The deaths in the Hamas massacres put a spotlight on poor agricultural workers from Asia who toil in Israeli fields. They are often heavily in debt to cover flight costs, intermediaries and job placement – many of them cannot repay because of the debt. As guest workers in Israel, they earn about $1,300 a month, about five times the minimum wage in Thailand.
Some of those who have already been evacuated to their home countries tell horror stories of how they escaped the indiscriminate killing of Islamists.
The United States suffered the second-highest number of foreign citizens killed in the major Hamas attack – 27 so far. (kes)
Source: Blick
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