New Royal Ordinance on Fisheries for betterment of Thailand’s fishery management
Bangkok Post on 3 May 2016 The world, now, takes the view that IUU fishing is a problem tied in with labor/human trafficking. With the purpose of eliminating IUU fishing Continue Reading
Thai Union scraps worker fees to tackle labour abuses
BY THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION SINGAPORE — Thai Union Group Plc will eliminate recruitment fees for its workers, a move aimed at preventing employees from racking up debts to job brokers Continue Reading
Campaign and center to prevent child abductions planned
Thailand’s Anti-Human Trafficking Police will partner with the Mirror Foundation to launch a campaign and center to prevent the abduction of children, as anti-money laundering authorities announced last week they Continue Reading
UN refugee agency praises Thai decision on trafficking victims
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said last week that Thailand had taken a positive step in allowing victims of human trafficking and witnesses in trafficking trials to stay Continue Reading
MSDHS unveils procedures against human trafficking related officials
BANGKOK, 18 April 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) has unveiled the procedures to punish government officials involved with human trafficking, as urged by Continue Reading
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