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HRW to EU: End migrant abuse
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the European Union (EU) to renew efforts to eliminate forced labour and other abusive treatment within the Thai fishing industry, noting that a large number of workers were from Cambodia and Myanmar. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hrw-eu-end-migrant-abuse
Survery finds fishermen in Thailand ‘trafficked, abused’
Trafficking in the Thai fishing industry remains rampant, with fishermen from Cambodia and Myanmar often experiencing horrifying work conditions, according to the results of a survey of workers. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/survery-finds-fishermen-thailand-trafficked-abused
Fishing industry traffickers get long jail terms
Three men have been sentenced to between eight and nine years in prison for trafficking Cambodian workers into the Thai fishing industry. Anti-trafficking police said the case came to light after the government repatriated approximately 230 Cambodian men in June 2015, many of whom were severely ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38562/fishing-industry-traffickers-get-long-jail-terms/