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Overview. According to the US State Department 's Trafficking in Persons Report June 2016 (TIP), persons are trafficked into Thailand for forced labor or sexual exploitation and Thai nationals are trafficked abroad for the same reasons.
According to the Global Slavery Index, Thailand is home to about 610,000 human trafficking victims. For more than two and a half decades, the labour migration to Thailand has continued to increase and it seems unlikely that it will change in the coming years.
Traffickers subject Thai nationals to forced labor and sex trafficking in countries in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Thai women and LGBTQI+ individuals were increasingly exploited in Switzerland in sex trafficking. Thai citizens who travel to Norway for family reunification are at risk of sex and labor trafficking.
Authorities identified 90 migrant labor trafficking victims exploited within Thailand in 2021, including two exploited in the fishing sector. Despite reports traffickers exploited children in forced labor in various sectors, the government only identified two child labor trafficking victims in 2021.
challenges of human trafficking that transcends across border, Thailand has also fostered valuable partnerships with other countries to bolster its anti-trafficking initiatives at the regional and global levels.
Feb 1, 2020 · trafficking. Throughout 2020, the Royal Thai Government redoubled efforts and enhanced the efficacy in preventing and suppressing all forms of human trafficking. At the policy level, more budget continued to be allocated for anti-human trafficking, increasing by 5.85 percent from 3,806.82 million THB
Dec 31, 2022 · Combatting trafficking in persons continued to be among the Royal Thai Government’s top priorities and national agenda. The Report features Thailand’s efforts and key developments in combatting human trafficking along the four strategic pillars: Prosecution, Protection, Prevention, and Partnership. Please find the country’s report below:
