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Labor rights campaigner: AP Thai shrimp slave revelations ‘no surprise’

The recent report that global supermarkets are selling shrimp peeled by migrant slaves in Thailand don't shock MWRN activist

By Ross Davies | Dec. 15, 2015 09:38 GMT
Farmed warmwater shrimp from China. Photo: Undercurrent News
Farmed warmwater shrimp. Photo: Undercurrent News
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“It comes as no surprise whatsoever” was Migrant Workers Rights Network (MWRN) activist Andy Hall’s succinct reaction to the latest Associated Press (AP) investigation into human trafficking and slave labor within the Thai seafood industry [...]

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