Foreign workers face eviction from Israel

Israel has been evicting forign workers charging they are to blame for rising levels of crimes in the territory.

The falling number of illegal foreign workers however has revealed some underlying problems within the Israeli healthcare system, which some say has become overly dependent on foreign workers.

Immigration Authority representatives revealed data on Tuesday at Knesset meeting showing an enormous gap between available caretakers and patients in need.

While 40,240 foreign healthcare workers currently reside in Israel, there are 57,329 patients in total needing at-home nursing help, the data reveals.

Over 11,600 of those workers are in Israel illegally.

Those numbers continue to decline, as well; while in 2007 9941 workers entered Israel and 193 left, by 2013, 2159 entered and 1782 left.

As such, many Israeli elderly are either turning to hiring workers without a visa to help with healthcare - or are left without at-home help.