Israel Plans to Welcome 15,000 Moroccan Construction Workers Amid Labor Shortage

In order to address its labor shortage, Israel is considering launching a pilot program that would welcome Moroccan workers, including 15,000 specialized in construction.
The country has an estimated need of "about 40,000 workers, in 10 different professions," said Yitzhak Moyal, president of the Construction and Wood Workers’ Union within the Histadrout Israeli labor federation, to The Jerusalem Post, specifying that "the program could really improve the pace of construction in Israel."
The official also announced that Moroccan workers should start arriving in Israel in early 2023, adding that they would earn higher salaries in Israel than in Morocco.
In general, notes the newspaper, the Israeli labor market suffers from an acute shortage of workers in specific sectors. The country currently has only 60,000 caregivers, mostly from Asia, and about 100,000 foreign construction workers from the West Bank, Thailand and China.
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