
Black Money, Black Labor Collection of Brokerage Fees from Migrant Caregivers in Israel
Contributors: Idit Lebovitch and Zehavit Friedman | Kav LaOved (Worker's Hotline)
From the moment Israel started bringing migrant workers into the country, the import of migrant workers was privatized and contracted by private manpower agencies. Kav LaOved conducted a survey in March 2013, with data from 835 migrant workers who arrived in Israel with a work visa for the caregiving field, between 2007 and 2013. This survey indicates constantly increasing brokerage fees that caregivers are required to pay in order to arrive in Israel.