AFP © Trafficked Cambodian fishermen rescued near MauritiusAFP April 10, 2013,
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Twenty-two Cambodians trafficked onto Thai
fishing boats have been rescued near the Indian Ocean island of
Mauritius, a Cambodian official said Wednesday.
The men, working
on Thai boats fishing illegally in Mauritian waters, were rescued in
cooperation with the island and the International Organization for
Migration, interior ministry official Chiv Phally told AFP.
"We
are investigating to see how they ended up on Thai fishing boats," he
said, adding that 11 of the men were flown home on Tuesday while the
remaining 11 will arrive on Thursday.
Rights campaigners believe
thousands of Myanmar and Cambodian men have been trafficked into
Thailand's multi-million dollar fishing industry, which provides seafood
for restaurants and supermarkets around the world.
The US State Department has placed Thailand on a trafficking in persons "watchlist" for two years running.
Tens
of thousands of Cambodians are believed to illegally enter Thailand
every year with the help of brokers who promise them well-paid jobs.
Some
are "forced at gunpoint to go onto Thai fishing boats to work without
salaries," said Moeun Tola of the Cambodian Legal Education Centre.
1 comment:
It a black hole in the bright sun light. How sad that human can inflicted inhumanity to one another.I can't imagine how one can do this evil business.It is like human eating human.I wonder how many politicians across the globe concern about this case.Are we living in the cannibal village? or the global village?
Last time I learned that Hun Sen dropped his tears in front of the journalists,because he wished Sihanouk would have seen his performance speech in the last Asians conference in Phnom Penh,which had no bearing of the plight of thousands his suffering people that have been subjugated into this despicable/barbaric business by his neighboring countries Thailand,Malaysia and Indonesia.Did Hun cried for all of this?
Our blue planet is the only home that have life in the whole universe,yet we don't feel lonely.
True Khmer
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