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Seafood watchdog: US should’ve dropped Thailand on people-trafficking list

The US State Department maintained Thailand's ranking at 'tier two' in its latest trafficking in persons report, 'despite evidence demonstrating weaknesses'

By Undercurrent News | July 31, 2020 15:52 BST
Credit: Enviromental Justice Foundation
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The Seafood Working Group (SWG), a watchdog group representing 18 non-governmental organizations (NGO) that has been repeatedly critical of Thailand's handling of labor, on Friday called again for the Donald Trump administration to lower the country's ranking on the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report [...]

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