BANGKOK – The Ministry of Labor has begun concluding information on the nation’s human trafficking and forced labor situation for the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security to compile into a report for submission to the US State Department in March.
Permanent Secretary of Labor ML Boondarik Smithi has disclosed that the ministry has begun collecting all data relevant to the nation’s labor trafficking situation and will hand the information to the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, which will conclude the data into a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.
The report will be translated to English and submitted to the United States’ State Department within the month of March.
The Ministry of Labor is gathering data under 13 categories to provide a better image of Thailand’s progress to the US. The categories include legislation on labor trafficking, management of employment agencies and punishments for traffickers. The report is also to include the results of labor inspections and observations of fishing boats.
ML Boondarik voiced confidence that Thailand has made good progress in dealing with the issue of labor trafficking after coordinating with relevant agencies and amending related laws.
