This week marks 20 years since the government decided to bring labor migrants through bilateral agreements.

This week marks the 20^th anniversary of the passing of Government Resolution 4024 on the recruitment of labor migrants under the terms of bilateral agreements to ensure the protection of migrant workers’ rights and to prevent brokerage fees and exploitation.

The following is an unofficial translation of Resolution 4024 Clause 6:

“In order to prevent the exploitation of foreign workers and the collection of excessive fees from those workers, the Supervisor of the Foreign Workers Administration in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor shall be instructed to establish an arrangement whereby the recruitment of foreign workers for employment in Israel will be carried out under the supervision of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) or another arrangement determined for this purpose, and to ensure that permits will be granted only for the employment of workers recruited according to the arrangement that is established.”

CIMI is proud to play a key role in promoting and implementing these agreements, for the benefit of a fair and humane Israeli society.