Hundreds of Thai workers have made it back home safely from Israel and more than 8,000 more have registered for evacuation. Being back home for many of them is, however, only the beginning of a set of new challenges.
In interviews with Thai PBS World, many of those evacuated said they are relieved to be back in their home country. They also made it clear that, even when the situation calms down, they have no desire to go back to work in Israel.
“I’m not going back anymore. I mean, I would consider it, but I’m afraid the conflict might escalate again. I won’t survive if I go there again. The attacks were very close to where I was,” according to one Thai evacuee.
To travel to Israel, they explained that they needed to use their own money, under the Thailand-Israel Cooperation on the Placement of Workers (TIC), which is an agreement with the International Organisation for…
