Thai workers in Israel red zone plead for government aid to return home

A plea for help has been issued by 28 Thai workers located in Israel. They are calling for the Thai government to facilitate their return home after their employer allegedly abandoned them in a high-risk area of ongoing conflict, known as the “red zone” and coerced them into continuing their work.

A 31 year old man, Pongsakorn Intaworn, from Ban Dung district in Udon Thani, raised the alarm during a video call. He declared that he and his 27 compatriots were left stranded in Yated, a small town in southern Israel merely 10 kilometres from the volatile Gaza Strip. Pongsakorn and his colleagues work at a tomato farm.

Pongsakorn disclosed that the group’s Israeli employer had initially relocated them to a remote town situated 200 kilometres from Yated on October 10, only to return them to the farm on October 15 and leave them there.

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-10-18

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