14 October 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
Nakhon Phanom: Despite the conflict intensifying, the people of Thai staff in Israel have pleaded with the local authorities to assist them in returning their loved ones.
One of them was Yupin Thongdeenok, 30, who went to the local emergency room to implore officials to secure the transfer of her sister-in-law Jaruwan Chantawong, 35.
50 Thai staff, mostly from the Northeast, are reportedly seeking refuge in a workers’ station in Tel Aviv, according to Ms. Yupin.
Of the 50, she claimed that 10 are from the state of Nakhon Phanom.
She claimed that despite living in a risky issue zone, this group of workers was instructed to report to work, but they refused.
They insisted on staying inside the shelter despite their employer’s threats to fire them because they could hear gunfire and shelling around.
The workers’ camp’s light was likewise cut, according to Ms. Yupin, and their food supplies were running low.
Ms. Yupin claims that her sister-in-law has spent more than four decades working as an agrarian laborer in Israel.
According to Nopporn Mana, the municipal labor chief, there are 50 families in Israel who are looking for assistance for Thai workers, and 5 families have lost touch with their loved ones.
According to Mr. Nopporn, there are reportedly more than 2,100 Nakhon Phanom citizens working in Israel, with around 330 of them residing close to conflict areas.
He added that the residents will receive full compensation under the labor safety legislation and the government’s coverage. The municipal authorities have established a center to assist the workers and monitor the situation in Israel.
Following the first group of 15 workers who arrived on Thursday, the second and third groups of Thai workers — a total of 119 — were scheduled to leave Israel on Friday and Sunday.
The second class of 19 employees, all men, boarded El Al Airlines Flight LY085 at 4.30 am native day on Friday, as planned by the Thai consulate in Israel.
On Friday at 5.15 p.m., the journey was supposed to touch down at the Suvarnabhumi aircraft in the province of Samut Prakan.
The second group of 100 Thai workers, all men, may return from Israel on Sunday, according to Kanchana Patarachoke, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, who announced this on Friday.