Fishermen in Thailand remain at risk of forced labour, and the identity documents and wages of some continue to be withheld, despite pressure from major retailers to clean up the industry, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday.

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.

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

New evidence of migrant slavery has emerged along the coast of Thailand, the world’s third largest seafood exporter.

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