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BBC VIDEO: Thai labourers in Israel tell of harrowing conditions

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Published: 27 November 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

A year-long BBC investigation has discovered widespread abuse of Thai nationals living and working in Israel - under a scheme organised by the two governments

Israel’s forgotten Thai workers (BBC)
Many are subjected to unsafe working practices and squalid, unsanitary living conditions. Some are overworked, others underpaid and there are dozens of unexplained deaths

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