For goan youth who are crazy about going abroad, here is an eye opening story of Indians duped and stranded in Israel.We would be doing the youth a favour if this article is disseminated widely in Goa. Here are some extracts:
Extracts: "Standing in the waiting room is Goa's Victor D'Souza, who paid $8,000 to become another victim in the flying visa scam. There was no job of caregiver that was guaranteed to him. But he was lucky to find another job—and qualified for another visa. But after working for a short while, D'Souza's employer refused to grant him a visa, refused to pay the wages owed to him, and subsequently fired him. "We come to Israel to make our life," he says, "but we come here and spoil our life." "Among them is Santiago Luis, from a village in Goa."You won't find the people with the big problems here," he says. "They're all hiding." Luis is happy with his salary of $700 a month, which is typical for a caregiver. "I'm very lucky," he says, "but everyone who comes to Israel has problems." Luis has had his share. Three-and-a-half years ago, he had paid an Indian employment agency $6,500 to arrange for a work visa in Israel. Like so many others, he arrived only to find there was no job. And because he didn't have work, he lost his visa. Luis was an early victim of a scam that's now infamously known as 'flying visa'. http://www.outlookindia.com/fullprint.asp?choice=2&fodname=20090323&fname=Illegal+workers+Israel+%28F%29&sid=1