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8 Jul 2018

Author:
Petchtachat Arayasomboon, Bangkok Post

Thailand: Multi-sector approach is key to fight human trafficking in the seafood industry

"In the fight against human trafficking a multi-sector approach is key", 3 July 2018

Oxfam Thailand in collaboration with the Asian Research Center for Migration and Center for Social Development Studies…held a seminar…. Gathering representatives from all sectors to share their progress and obstacles [:]

..."The Thai Union company has set up a welfare committee...."

..."For this committee to be effective...it needs to be proportionally representative of the workforce and it needs to be endowed with the authority to make relevant decisions...."

..."Providing migrant workers with clear and transparent information such as a job description, working hours and the terms of a contract beforehand is an effective way of getting the right person...."

..."In addition to informing workers about duties and basic rights…a company must ensure that there is a working insurance and an accessible way for workers to make a complaint...."

…[T]here is a growing need for more government regulators in order to cope with the many thousands of boats.... 

...What's most important, the seminar concluded, is to find a way to collaborate and to take proactive measures….

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