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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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