Say they need to pay off substantial debts
Some repatriated Thai workers are waiting to return to work in Israel once the conflict there has ceased, saying they still have large debts that need paying.
Thaworn: Earned B55,000 a month
One of them is Thaworn Aksornsue, 38, who recently returned to Thailand after seven months working on an Israeli farm where he earned about 55,000 baht per month. He sent over half of his pay packet back to his family in Khon Kaen province.
Mr Thaworn said he had worked in the Israeli town of Ofakim, with his employment being part of a state-to-state labour cooperation scheme between Thailand and Israel.
He said that Ofakim was only 25km from Gaza, and after the conflict broke out on Oct 7, he signed up for the repatriation programme offered by Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign…
