Thai Workers Pay 80% Less Service Fees
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2/3/2014
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM)
organized a review meeting in Bangkok on 29th January to mark the anniversary
of the first full year of the implementation of the Thailand-Israel Cooperation
on the Placement of Workers (TIC) Project.
The TIC project, jointly implemented by the Thai Ministry
of Labor, Israel and the IOM, is a pilot
model aimed at cutting the service fees paid by Thai migrant workers going to
Israel to work in the agricultural sector, had successfully cut the service
fees by 80%.
Due to the competitive salary, fair treatment by the Israeli
employers and the 5 years working visas, Israel is considered an attractive
work destination for Thais. 24,000 Thai workers are currently working in
Israel, out of which 8,000 have been recruited through the TIC process.
Prior to TIC project, a migrant worker had to pay around
USD 10,000 to a recruitment agency. At present, the service fees had dropped to
about USD 2,200.
This event drew
interest from foreign embassies in Thailand wishing
to learn more about this unique model which offers an instrument of supervision and
scrutiny over the recruitment process that allows for better protection and consequently better lives for Thai
migrant workers.
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