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    Tagged: Fishing industry

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thai PM hears Burmese migrant workers’ concerns

    Surachai told DVB that migrant fishermen are frequently threatened by Thai authorities and bosses if they raise their concerns.

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    18 Burmese fishermen released from jail in India

    Having served two-year sentences for illegally entering Indian territorial waters, 18 Burmese fishermen were yesterday released from prison and allowed to return home.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Trafficking, debt bondage rampant in Thai fishing industry: study

    More than a third of migrant fishermen in Thailand clearly were victims of trafficking over the past five years and even more workers in the industry were possibly trafficked as well, according to a report published on Thursday.

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    Arakan Lead Story News

    ‘The fishing industry needs capital, technology and market access’

    Myint Thein, a Fisheries Department officer in southern Arakan State, an area with thousands of fishermen, discusses the challenges facing the fishing industry there.

    Arakan Features Lead Story News

    As catches fall, fishermen in Arakan State sink into debt

    Fishing, a major industry in impoverished Arakan State, has been in a long decline, pushing many coastal communities into debt.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Dead body could be Burmese fisherman, say Phuket police

    Based on his tattoo and clothing, police speculate he was a Burmese fisherman who may have been killed in a fight and dumped at sea.

    Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Man arrested in Thailand for trafficking fellow Burmese

    A Burmese man has been arrested in southern Thailand’s Songkhla Province for trafficking fellow Burmese workers to work in the fishery industry.

    Labour Issues Lead Story News

    3 Burmese rescued from slavery on Thai fishing boat

    The three men were rescued from a Chonburi dock after their boat returned to shore.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thailand claims progress in effort to end sea slavery

    Thai police say a crackdown on human traffickers has led to the dismantling of thirty five criminal rings supplying slaves to fishing boats.

    A young girl packs crab at the port of Ranong in southern Thailand. (PHOTO: John Hulme)

    Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Trafficking, abuse systemic on Thai fishing boats, says UK rights group

    At sea, the fishermen face violence, intimidation, dangerous working conditions and even murder, according to the EJF report.

    A young girl packs crab at the port of Ranong in southern Thailand. (PHOTO: John Hulme)

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thai fish factories scaling down abuses: NGO

    Following up on reports of poor working conditions in Thai fish factories, a Finnish NGO finds the situation improved, but problems persist for migrant workers.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Enslaved fishermen head home to Burma

    The first group of Burmese migrants among those rescued from slavery on remote Indonesian islands are flown to Rangoon on a government-sponsored flight.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Dalny Vostok executive absconds, one arrested

    The executive officer of the operator of the sunken trawler in which at least 56 crew members died is on the run, says the Burmese embassy in Moscow.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Russia to pay compensation to families of deceased sailors

    The families of those sailors who died when the Dalny Vostok sank have been offered compensation of one million roubles by the Russian government.

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