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"I do it because I want to pay for my children's education." Cramer said
she works 24 hours a day but is paid for eight, at the minimum wage of
22 New Israeli Shekels ($ 5.70) per hour or $ 1,066 a month. "People
here think we do everything for money. But what we really need is more
freedom, "she told IRIN.She is one of about 55,000 migrant caregivers
currently working in Israel, pushed into dependency, rights activists
say, by controversial new legislation and by pressure to send money back
home while repaying debts to recruitment agencies. In 2007 she gave the
bank all her jewelry as a deposit for a loan and paid a Sri Lankan
agency US $ 7,000 to organize her legal immigration and first employment
in Israel as a carer for an elderly couple in Tel Aviv. Other migrants
mortgage their homes or other property to raise the money.As a single
mother, Cramer felt she had no other choice:
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