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

Surachai told DVB that migrant fishermen are frequently threatened by Thai authorities and bosses if they raise their concerns.
Having served two-year sentences for illegally entering Indian territorial waters, 18 Burmese fishermen were yesterday released from prison and allowed to return home.
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…
Myint Thein, a Fisheries Department officer in southern Arakan State, an area with thousands of fishermen, discusses the challenges facing the fishing industry there.
Fishing, a major industry in impoverished Arakan State, has been in a long decline, pushing many coastal communities into debt.
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.