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Migrant workers celebrate the New Year far from home

Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for January 2, 2008.

By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10

Six hours before the new year, Melissa was flyering at the Central Bus Station for a party she was helping throw that night in southern Tel Aviv.

Melissa is one of hundreds of thousands migrant workers who will celebrate New Year in Israel, far from home.

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