Despite War, 12,000 Foreign Workers Have Arrived in Israel

(Times of Israel) Sam Sokol - Over 12,000 new and veteran foreign workers have arrived or returned to Israel since Oct. 7, including 2,218 in agriculture, half of them from Thailand. Inbal Mashash, director of the Population and Immigration Authority's Foreign Workers Administration, told the Knesset Tuesday that the first group of 100 workers from Sri Lanka out of an eventual total of 10,000 had arrived. More than 400 Malawians flew to Israel last month and the total could reach 5,000. An additional 1,500 are expected from Kenya.


2023-12-21 00:00:00

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