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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tough enforcement by the Thai authorities, including the arrests of dozens of officials complicit in human trafficking and labor abuse, is producing positive results in the government’s campaign to clean Continue Reading

To the Editor: Re “Slave Labor on the High Seas” (editorial, Feb. 20), I wish to emphasize two points. First, compared with this time last year, Thailand has made significant Continue Reading