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Twelve Malawians have been deported from Israel after leaving the farms where they were working, to get higher salaries elsewhere.

The 12 Malawians were among more than 40 foreign workers who were arrested while working at a bakery in Tel Aviv last week.

The workers, who were part of a labour agreement between Israel and Malawi, were unhappy with working conditions in the agricultural sector and found work in a bakery instead.

Israel's ambassador to Malawi Michael Lotem told the BBC: "Anybody who violates his visa terms will be deported – as easy as this, as in any country.

Last week, Benzani, a Malawian working in Israel, told the BBC that some of his compatriots working on other farms were being paid less than the minimum wage in Israel.

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 67 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I know Isreal is doing worse shit but... employer specific visa are modern indentured servitude - it deprives the laborer of all their negotiating power. Most countries have these (America hands out an insane number of H1Bs) but usually they're tied to skilled positions. Either skilled or unskilled they fucking suck and shouldn't exist... if you're an attractive immigrant you should just get a regular old working visa.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Pretty on-brand for the Middle East though. A lot of Israel's neighbors do the same thing. Weirdly, the U.S. only criticizes the others.

[-] JoBo@feddit.uk 14 points 1 week ago

Helluva headline given the story is about tied labour.

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