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 | 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 4, 2019 | Fishing and Agrofood Industry, Human Trafficking, Labour Exploitation, Modern Slavery, News & Events
Chakra is a 14 year old Cambodian boy. When a friend tells him about the possibility of earning money in a factory, he decides to set off on his own. But very soon Chakra is tricked, sold and forced to work on a Thai fishing boat where the captain’s regime is cruel....
by Migra-Info | Jun 21, 2019 | Articles and Research, Fishing and Agrofood Industry, Human Trafficking, Labour Exploitation, Modern Slavery
Undocumented Cambodian labour migrants working in Thailand still remain at high risk of trafficking due to their immigration status. This is one of the many results of the “Trafficking in Persons report” (TIP) 2019 announced. The new well-known report was published by...
by Migra-Info | May 24, 2019 | Articles and Research, Human Trafficking, Labour Exploitation, Modern Slavery, Remittances, Repatriation
How debt and financial insecurity shape the potential for sustainable return of migrants in the South-East Asia? Trying to answer this question, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has recently published the study “Debt and the Migration Experience:...
by Migra-Info | Aug 17, 2018 | Articles, Articles and Research, Fishing and Agrofood Industry, Human Trafficking, Labour Exploitation, Modern Slavery, Research
Migrant workers employed in the fishing industry, are especially vulnerable to human trafficking, slavery, forced labour or debt bondage due to the very nature of their work. Isolated, often operating far away from the shore and in hazardous conditions, they are...
