Israel had 186,00 foreign workers at the end of 2006, including 102,000 with work visas and 84,000 who had entered the country on tourist visas, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports. 33,000 new foreign workers entered Israel legally during 2006, 46% of them women.
The foreign workers came from 100 countries, with 12 countries providing 96% of the total. The breakdown of foreign workers by country of origin in 2006 included 9,000 Ghanaians, 6,400 Philippinos, 3,500 from Russia and other CIS states, 3,000 Chinese, 2,800 Nepalese, 2,600 Romanians, 1,500 Turks, 1,000 Indians, and 400 Bulgarians.
300 foreign workers with work visas came from the US, Germany, the UK , and other developed countries.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes.co.il - on July 30, 2007
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