Shrimp Slaves Still Waiting To Go Home Eight Months After Thai Raid

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 7:41 pm

8 months after a raid on a shrimp factory, the victims are still detained pending the hearing, while their former employers are free on bail:

PATHUM THANI — Nearly eight months ago, migrant worker Tin Nyo Win thought he was doing the right thing — the only thing — to help free his pregnant wife from slavery inside a Thai shrimp peeling shed. He ran for help and prompted police to raid the business, freeing nearly 100 Burmese laborers, including children.

Yet the couple ended up first in jail and then held inside a government shelter, even though they were victims of trafficking. That’s where they remain today with a few other workers from the Gig Peeling Factory, waiting to testify in a slow-moving court case while their former employers are free on bail. Angry and frustrated, they just want to go home...

http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/2266 ... thai-raid/

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 8:14 pm

And Thailand just got its status as one of the worst offenders in human trafficking upgraded:

https://www.theguardian.com/global-deve ... -2016-fury

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 8:49 pm

John Bingham wrote:And Thailand just got its status as one of the worst offenders in human trafficking upgraded:

https://www.theguardian.com/global-deve ... -2016-fury

Indeed:

International rights groups have criticised the US government’s removal of Thailand from its global list of the worst offenders in human trafficking, branding it “the wrong decision at the wrong time” and claiming the move was politically motivated.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-deve ... -2016-fury

From Dec 2015:

Human trafficking is also on top of the list of outstanding concerns. With Malaysia’s controversial upgrading in July, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country that sits at the bottom tier of the U.S. State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report (See: “US Upgrades Malaysia in Trafficking Report: Boost for TPP, Blow to Rights?”). While problems remain, Thailand has since taken several steps to address the concerns outlined in the 2015 TIP report in the hopes of an upgrade next year. One Thai official told The Diplomat that if Thailand is judged on merit and the goalposts are not moved, the country is confident that it will be removed from the blacklist next year. As of now, it is still unclear, however, whether Bangkok’s efforts will be sufficient.

http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/exclusiv ... -alliance/

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:32 pm

Let's hope that they will be treated correctly after their "rescue".
260 Slave Workers from Myanmar rescued in Thailand

More than two-hundred & sixty Myanmar migrants, including one-hundred & four undocumented labourers who were forced to work in Thailand, have been rescued by responsible organizations of Thailand and Myanmar, state media reported on 29 August…..(more)
http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/2309 ... -thailand/

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:18 pm

How it all turned out for whistle-blower Tin Nyo Win and family who were trafficked shrimp-peelers : They got deported to Myanmar without a penny of compensation and his wife is about to give birth.

Promises Unmet as Thailand’s Junta Vows to Reform Shrimp Industry
SAMUT SAKHON – Facing international pressure for failing to stop human trafficking in the seafood trade, Thailand’s Military Junta promised almost a year ago to assure victims of slavery were compensate and vowed to bring all shrimp processing in-house.

That hasn’t always happened. Instead, some formerly enslaved shrimp peelers have been deported. And some shrimp peeling sheds are being inspected and authorized to keep operating.

Tin Nyo Win, who escaped slavery and alerted police to abuses, was deported to Myanmar this month, along with his pregnant wife and a half-dozen others, after being held almost a year in a Thai government shelter. Authorities said that although the couple were victims of modern-day slavery, they had illegally entered Thailand to begin with...
http://www.chiangraitimes.com/promises- ... ustry.html

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:37 pm

guys ; its aisa
the haves will ALWAYS abuse the have nots.

Granted thailand gets its fair share of news and i agree its warranted and some ( yes some NOT the majority) are abused, BUT to be honest if the other countries, ( Myanmar,Cambodia, Laos) paid fair wages there would not be so many traveling to work in Thailand. Sources here say there are over 1,000,000 Burmese just in Phuket alone!!!

boozyoldman · Post by **boozyoldman** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:41 pm

Is anyone in Thailand likely to feel bad about this - like the Brits engaging in an orgy of
self-flagellation after the Fujianese cockle-pickers (but NOT their gangmaster) perished
in Morecambe Bay when the tide came in ?

It's not so long ago that tales were in print about Thais being garment-factory slaves in the U.S.A.
and kept behind barbed ire.

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