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US adds Thailand to ‘Tier 2 watch list’ on Trafficking in Persons report

The US State Department said workers in the seafood processing and fishing sectors in Thailand have increasingly faced forced overtime and unsafe working conditions during the COVID pandemic

By Undercurrent News | July 2, 2021 10:13 BST
Phuket, Thailand.
Phuket, Thailand. Credit: Reibai.
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Workers in the seafood processing and fishing sectors in Thailand are increasingly facing forced overtime and unsafe working conditions amid increasing demand for shelf-stable seafood during the pandemic, according to the latest US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, released July 1 by the US State Department [...]

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