Coordination Centers for Sea Fisheries Workers

Date Shared:

Monday, February 17, 2014 - 15:45

Countries and areas:

Thailand

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Targets on counter trafficking

Targets on vulnerability and protection

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 10: Prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in persons in the context of international migration

Contributors:

Member States

Chairmanship:

Sweden 2013-2014

Geographical Relevance:

National

Tags:

Policy Coherence, Trafficking in Persons, Capacity Building, Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning, Livelihoods and Job Creation, Empowerment and Rights of Migrants

Summary:

There are measures to prevent human trafficking in the fishery industry by establishing Coordination Centers for Sea Fishery Workers with the purpose to coordinate whose workers are allowed to work legally, to set up a system for controlling, monitoring and protecting workers as well as to provide knowledge to employers and workers to acknowledge their rights, as well as to prevent labour shortage and forced labour as a form of human trafficking.

Link:

For more information:

https://www.fisheries.go.th/thgflp/index.php/th/

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2013-2014 GFMD Survey Report