by Migra-Info | Jan 22, 2020 | Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery, News & Events
According to the Global Slavery Index by the Walk Free Foundation, “[m]ore than 260,000 of Cambodia’s 16 million people are trapped in modern slavery”, often men and children in the fisheries and construction industries and “thousands of women are thought to...
by Migra-Info | Nov 22, 2019 | Advocacy, Human Trafficking, Labour Rights, News & Events
“The global migratory crisis cannot be ignored” has said Pope Francis during his visit in Thailand where he met the local authority, civil society and the diplomatic body at the Bangkok National Stadium. Many passages of his speech were focused on migratory routes...
by Migra-Info | Oct 24, 2019 | Advocacy, Human Trafficking, News & Events
This morning the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT) in Cambodia presented its latest National Strategic Plan on Countering Trafficking in Persons for the years 2019-2023. During the meeting, presided over by Samdech Kralahom Sar Kheng – Deputy Prime...
by Migra-Info | Oct 18, 2019 | Fishing and Agrofood Industry, Human Trafficking, Labour Exploitation, Stories
“One day I overheard my colleagues talking on the lower bunks discussing how they would kill me. It was then that I decided to jump off the boat” Vun Voeun Vun Voeun’s story “I didn’t know what to do, if I had stayed on the boat I would definitely have been...
by Migra-Info | Oct 9, 2019 | Human Trafficking, Labour Exploitation, Modern Slavery, News & Events
On Friday 4 October 2019 the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation in Cambodia signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the organizations A21 Foundation and Open Arms Cambodia with the scope of protecting victims of human...
by Migra-Info | Sep 5, 2019 | Human Trafficking, News & Events, Women and Children
In an era where the internet and social media are increasingly taking hold of our lives, they have also become a mean to commit crimes, including sexual exploitation of children. Cambodia and internet It was recently discovered by the news agency Agence France-Press...
