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Article

12 Jun 2010

Author:
Tom Mehger, Kav LaOved

Migrant farm workers project report [Israel]

This report covers: poor enforcement of the Foreign Workers Law: processing complaints without collecting witness accounts from the workers; lack of transparency in treatment of complaints...; renewing permits for employers who have broken the law; Human trafficking...; forced labor; threats against workers;...[and t]hreats against Kav LaOved staff. [In one case,] four workers were residing in a “room” with no bathroom facilities, gas or water...[T]he “rooms” mentioned were actually a chicken coop and a horse stable...[One] employer explained that in addition to Thai workers he [also] employed...several prisoners from the Ktzi’ot prison. [refers to Kfar Bilu, Moshav Faran, Moshav Hatzav, Moshav Mivtahim, Moshav Talmei Eliyahu, Moshav Yesha, Moshav Ohad]