Safe and sound: Kittipong Chaiyako, 34, who worked at an avocado farm in Kibbutz, Israel, getting blessed by his family members during a traditional blessing ceremony to welcome him home after repatriation from Israel at his house in Bua Lamphu province, Thailand. — Reuters
Farm labourers from Thailand seek work in more developed countries where there is a shortage of semi-skilled labour – at wages considerably higher than they can earn at home. As they were being driven back to their workplace, Katchakorn heard more gunshots and felt something hit his knee, he said. Working overseas is a common path for many Thais from the country’s economically disadvantaged rural areas, especially the northeast.
Vibhavadi, originally from Nong Bua Lamphu province in Thailand’s northeast, works as an interpreter in a legal office whose cases mostly involve resolving disputes between Thai workers and their employers.
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