• ShroOmeric@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I’m sure they will be treated with absolute respect, in an apartheid state. It’ll probably noy so different from going to work in Qatar.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    7 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    “We are looking to East Africa to fill the labour gap as we have had student internships programmes in place for many years with these countries and it has been a good experience,” Mr Lotem said.

    In 2018, a BBC investigation found that many migrant farm workers in Israel were subject to unsafe working practices and squalid, unsanitary living conditions.

    Some Kenyans have supported the deal, saying it provides badly needed jobs at a time when Kenya is battling an unemployment crisis and the rising cost of living.

    Malawi’s government has also announced that it will send 5,000 more young people to work on Israeli farms, rejecting calls to drop the plan.

    “People are going out of desperation,” said William Kambwandira, the executive director at the Centre for Social Accountability and Transparency, a workers’ rights watchdog based in the capital Lilongwe.

    Asked if he was worried for his personal safety, Mr Kupatamoyo replied: "I was already aware about the conflict in Israel, but there is a lot of fake news on social media.


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