THAILAND: NEW RULES, NEW DEBTS – SLAVERY FEARS FOR MIGRANT WORKERS

Millions of migrant workers from Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos toil in Thailand’s low-skilled sectors, where limited state oversight and unscrupulous employment practices leave many vulnerable to exploitation and modern slavery, …

Appeals Court Upholds the First Court’s 12 Year Prison Sentence against Traffickers

Press Release  Appeals Court Upholds the First Court’s 12 Year Prison Sentence against Traffickers and 1,256,240 THB Compensation for Trafficked Minor The Appeals Court, Human Trafficking Division, read the verdict …

Press Release: Supreme Court Upholds Appeals Court’s Conviction of Human-Trafficking Defendants in Kantang District

Supreme Court Upholds Appeals Court’s Conviction of Human-Trafficking Defendants in Kantang District. Former President of Trang Fisheries Association along with Other Five Defendants Sentenced to Ten Years in Jail and …

The challenges of migration in Thailand

The transnational migration in Thailand started in the 18th and 19th centuries when the Chinese traders and migrants and other nationalities came to Thailand such as the Indian, Western, and …

Thailand: Fishing: Labour Protection in Fishing Industry B.E. 2562 (2019) becomes effective but there is criticism on some part regarding the unfairness to the employer (ประมง: พ.ร.บ.คุ้มครองแรงงานประมงมีผลประกาศใช้แล้ว แต่บางส่วนเห็นว่าไม่เป็นธรรมต่อนายจ้าง)

The news discussing the Labour Protection in Fishing Industry B.E. 2562 in terms of the cost on the employer’s side to comply with the regulations and the potential problems that …

Thailand: Labour Protection in Fishing Industry B.E. 2562 (2019) (พระราชบัญญัติ คุ้มครองแรงงานในงานประมง พ.ศ. ๒๕๖๒)

The new regulations regarding the labor protection in fishing industry in Thailand for both Thai and migrant workers. (Thai version) https://library2.parliament.go.th/giventake/content_nla2557/law136-220562-191.pdf

HRDF Press Release: Migrant worker from Myanmar received 345,384 baht as compensation for loss of arm (ENG/THAI)

On 10 May 2019, Mr. La Min or Mr. Ku Lha Min, a migrant worker from Myanmar received 345,384 baht as compensation for the loss of his right arm while …

Thailand: ประกันสังคมเผยดูแลแรงงานต่างด้าวเหมือนผู้ประกันตนคนไทย (Social Security office guarantee the equal protection of migrant workers as Thai workers.)

The article mentioned the statement of Mr. Anantachai Uthaipattanacheep, the Secretary of Social Security Office, Ministry of Labor that the protection in the system granted to legal migrant workers in …

Thailand’s Labor Protection Act No. 7 in English version

The translation of the Labor Protection Act in English. http://www.cpg-online.de/2019/04/18/thailands-labour-protection-act-no-7/ Author: CPG (The translation conducted by Ms. Natthanicha Lephilibert, Safe and Fair National Project Coordination for Thailand, ILO, United Nations …

La Thaïlande alourdit les sanctions contre le travail forcé

Une peine de prison, des amendes plus lourdes…  Le pays d’Asie du Sud-Est appliquera une loi récemment modifiée pour lutter plus efficacement contre les pratiques d’exploitation des travailleurs migrants qui …

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