Rights urged for Burma migrants
15/6/08
Pressure is mounting on Thailand to give greater protection to illegal migrant workers from Myanmar. Human rights groups say they make up around 75 per cent of foreign workers in Thailand, and that number is expected to rise in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. The Thai government has just introduced a new anti-trafficking law that recognises labour exploitation for the first time. But campaigners fear that the new regulations may not be enough, and that more needs to be done to help give migrant workers basic rights. The workers do a range of jobs in Thailand, including manning many of the fishing trawlers that work out of Bangkok harbour.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DA36FF48-AF02-40A6-B4A3-9C0660296602.htm