Thai Govt Certain Its Work Against Trafficking Will Up TIP Status
This confidence was expressed by Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin at the Thai National Anti-Human Trafficking Day event held in Government House on Monday. The day normally falls on June 5 Continue Reading
Labour Ministry Visited Ranong Centers to Ensure the Effective Implementation of Labour Trafficking Policy and Systematic Migrant Workers Management
May 26, 2022. Labour Minister, Suchart Chomklin, together with Pairoj Chotikasathien, Director-General of the Department of Employment, and Niyom Songkaew, Director-General of the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, visited Continue Reading
Prawit upbeat Thailand will rise to Tier 2 in US human trafficking report.
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan expressed confidence on Wednesday that Thailand’s ranking in the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report this year would improve to Tier 2. Speaking Continue Reading
Myanmar worker data centre extended a year
The cabinet has approved a year-long extension of the Temporary Data Collection Centre (TDCC) for Myanmar workers to help facilitate labour management in Samut Sakhon. Employment Department Director-General Pairoj Chotikasathien Continue Reading
Thailand Accelerates Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts. Country Report Shows Progress and Determination.
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit chaired first meetings of this year to follow up on Thailand’s anti-human trafficking efforts, emphasizing all 3Ps (prosecution, protection, prevention), especially victim protection and assistance, and Continue Reading
Govt targets return to Tier 2 trafficking list
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has ordered state agencies to speed up solving human trafficking problems in the country in the hope Thailand will be reinstated as a Tier 2 Continue Reading
RTP get new ally to tackle traffickers
Amlo helps cops fight huge network The Royal Thai Police (RTP) has teamed up with the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) to launch a crackdown on a transnational human trafficking network Continue Reading
Migrant workers fast-tracked into 8 provinces to tackle labour shortage
The government will import migrant workers to eight Thai provinces under an agreement to tackle illegal trafficking and a labour shortage estimated at 800,000 workers. The move is being made Continue Reading
Thailand aims for improved status on US human trafficking watchlist
Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan chaired an Anti-Trafficking in Persons Committee meeting on Wednesday to track government progress in the past year with the aim of improving Thailand’s status Continue Reading
Police special unit to crack down on illegal fishing
The Royal Thai Police has established a special taskforce, “IUU Hunter”, to monitor and control the fishing industry and stop Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) in Thai waters. “The Continue Reading