Decision on victims of trafficking welcomed
The Nation, April 12, 2016 1:00 am THE UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced yesterday that it was encouraged by the government’s decision to allow human-trafficking victims to stay and work Continue Reading
US envoy says Thai government wants to end IUU fishing
Thailand’s government has shown that it wants to take strong action to end Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, the United States Science Envoy for the Oceans Jane Lubchenco said Continue Reading
SUMMARY OF THAILAND’S TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2015 (JANUARY – MARCH 2016)
UPDATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2015 The Royal Thai Government Response 1 January – 31 March 2016 Summary The Update documents Thailand’s efforts to combat human trafficking during Continue Reading
Shrimp Sustainable Supply Chain Task Force Progress update – October 2015
Shrimp Sustainable Supply Chain Task Force Progress update – October 2015 Source: http://www.shrimptaskforce.global
Boat people fall by 96 percent on Thai trafficking crackdown
One year after the boat people crisis on the Indian Ocean, the number of Rohingya Muslims and other people fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by sea fell by 96 percent, in Continue Reading
Meeting between Mr. Maitree Intusut, Permanent Secretary for Social Development and Human Security of Thailand and Ambassador Susan Coppedge, Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the U.S. State Department
On 21 March 2016, Ambassador Pisan Manawapat arranged a meeting between Mr. Maitree Intusut, Permanent Secretary for Social Development and Human Security of Thailand and Ambassador Susan Coppedge, Ambassador-at-Large to Continue Reading
Landmark trial of human traffickers begins in Bangkok
The largest and most significant trial of human traffickers in Thailand opened last week in a special court in Bangkok with 92 defendants, including an army general and politicians, accused Continue Reading
New ILO project to combat unacceptable forms of work in the Thai fishing and seafood industry
ILO, in partnership with Thailand’s Ministry of Labour and the Delegation of the European Union to Thailand, is launching a new project to combat unacceptable forms of work in the Continue Reading
Thailand working with ILO and EU on fishing project
In another step towards cleaning up its fishing and seafood industries, Thailand signed an agreement last week with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the European Union for a joint Continue Reading
Press Release: Thai Fisheries Reforms Comprehensive and Irreversible
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