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Amnesty bid for illegal labourers
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 22/06/2014
» The junta has been urged to grant an amnesty to illegal migrant workers and set up job centres in border provinces in a bid to prevent middlemen reaping profits.
NCPO vows to improve ranking
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 21/06/2014
» Thailand's downgrade in the US 2014 human-trafficking report was automatic under a new rule as the country could not improve itself enough to qualify for an upgrade, according to the junta.
Downgrade a wake-up call
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/06/2014
» Washington's decision to downgrade Thailand in its annual human trafficking review is a wake-up call to improve the treatment of workers across the entire export supply chain, says a human rights campaigner.
Aid cuts loom in wake of slavery list shaming
News, Published on 21/06/2014
» After years of warnings, the United States yesterday named and shamed Thailand, Malaysia and Venezuela, dumping them at the bottom of a list of countries accused of failing to tackle modern-day slavery.
Cambodian workers return as crackdown fears abate
News, Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 21/06/2014
» Cambodian workers who last week fled Thailand en masse have begun trickling back into the country as concerns over a harsh military crackdown are easing, officials say.
Washington downgrades Thailand over human trafficking
Published on 20/06/2014
» WASHINGTON - The United States accused Thailand on Friday of allowing human trafficking, slavery and gross human rights abuses, downgrading the country's reputation to same level as Syria, Iran and North Korea.
Migrant exodus puts strain on economy
Published on 20/06/2014
» SAMUT PRAKAN — Lek Numthong, who supplies foreign labourers for construction sites on the fringes of Bangkok, normally has a truckload of workers eager to make a day's wage. But his pick-up has been all but empty for a week.
End official abuse of refugees, panel told
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 20/06/2014
» Human rights defenders called on Thailand on Thursday to protect the rights of refugees and asylum seekers amid reports of abuse by state officials.
Cambodian migrants return home empty-handed
AFP, Published on 20/06/2014
» PHUM LUONG, Cambodia - Fearing arrest by Thailand's new army rulers, Chea Sokla fled across the border to Cambodia. But, like many others, she returned to a hard-scrabble village with no home, no jobs and no idea of what lies ahead.
Regime denies persecution
News, Published on 19/06/2014
» The junta yesterday insisted it had never been behind the current exodus of Cambodian workers and has no policy to crack down on them.