EU satisfied with Thailand’s effort on human trafficking

BANGKOK, 7 November 2014 (NNT) – The European Union is satisfied with Thailand’s measures to handle the human trafficking issues in fisheries industry, said a Thai official.

The Acting Permanent-Secretary of the Minister of Justice (MOJ) Pol Gen Chatchawan Suksomjit stated in a national televised broadcast called ‘Thailand Forward’ that officials had explained the solution to solve forced labour and human trafficking issues in the fisheries industry during the visit to Europe under a campaign to boost fisheries products confidence in Thailand.

The MOJ Acting Permanent-Secretary said that the government is now setting up a system to organize migrant workers in Thailand within 31 March 2015. The government will amend the labour related laws to be more effective and up to date.

The Senior Expert on International Fisheries Affairs Dr. Waraporn Prompoj said that the European Union is satisfied with Thailand’s measures which had been implemented with 178 companies. The measures aim to solve problems in fisheries processing plants, shrimp farms, and fishing boats.

The government will implement the pilot system for shrimp farms in 22 seaside provinces this December, while fishing boats will work with the International Labour Organization to develop their database. The database testing phase, with a total of 456 planned tests, will begin at the end of this year until September 2015.


-- NNT 2014-11-07

Seems to be a lot of these one sided "satisfied" stories in the news these days.

and what does the EU have to say?

said a Thai official..................

Seriously. How do they think these other countries/unions will take to having words put in their mouths.

I'm lost to understand what mileage they think there is in this.....

Another lie from the Ministry of Propaganda!!

EU satisfied with Thailand’s tackling of human trafficking in fishing industry



BANGKOK: -- Thailand's effort to resolve human traffcking in the fishing industry has satisfied the European Union, according to the acting permanent-secretary of the Minister of Justice (MOJ) Pol Gen Chatchawan Suksomjit .

In a national televised broadcast called ‘Thailand Forward’, he said Thai officials had explained the solution to solve forced labour and human trafficking issues in the fishing industry during the visit to Europe under a campaign to boost fisheries products confidence in Thailand.

The government is now setting up a system to organize migrant workers in Thailand within 31 March 2015 and will also amend the labour related laws to be more effective and up to date.

Another senior expert on International Fisheries Affairs Dr Waraporn Prompoj said that the European Union is satisfied with Thailand’s measures which had been implemented with 178 companies. The measures aim to solve problems in fishery processing plants, shrimp farms, and fishing boats.

The government will implement the pilot system for shrimp farms in 22 seaside provinces this December, while fishing boats will work with the International Labour Organization to develop their database.

The database testing phase, with a total of 456 planned tests, will begin at the end of this year until September 2015.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/eu-satisfied-thailands-tackling-human-trafficking-fishing-industry/


-- Thai PBS 2014-11-07

Well EU will likely wait to comment until the reforms are in place ....

That being said, does seem like good plan, lets

Hope the follow through is as good.

Now they are just blatantly lying ... it's disgusting ... and normal here.

I hope the "EU" spokesperson calls them out on it.

Quite shameless propaganda - the absence of any quoted source in the EU speaks volumes.

You can fool some of the people, some of the time. You cannot fool all of the people all of the time!

From November 3rd

http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-eu-warns-thailand-over-illegal-fishing-49459.php

The European Union (EU) executive body told Thai representatives in Brussels this week that more needed to be done against unregulated and unrestricted fishing off Thailand, Thai Rath reported.

"If the situation is not improved, the EU may impose yellow cards on seafood trade with Thailand," the newspaper quoted Mr Pitiphong as saying.

There are many many more

How do you think you did in your test, my son........

Got an "A"

Really?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774450-thai-govt-finding-real-problems-to-human-trafficking-in-fishery-industry/

and what does the EU have to say?

and who in a reputed position was actually stupid enough to make a confirming statement?

Forgot the names?

said a Thai official..................

I can only gather that the power was out and these folks were unable to watch the televised news briefing.

Govt finding real problems to human trafficking in fishery industry

BANGKOK, 6 November 2014 (NNT) – The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security is now trying to find a solution to human trafficking in the fishery industry.

Social Development and Human Security Minister Pol. Gen. Adul Sangsingkaew chaired a meeting that focuses on resolving human trafficking problems in the fishery industry. Several key agencies such as the Harbor, Fishery, and Consular Departments as well as the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and the Ministry of Labor have been invited to join the meeting.

The objective of this meeting is to determine measures and identify real problems in the fishery industry. Roles and responsibilities would be given to each unit involved to keep anyone from falling prey to human trafficking.

Police General Adul said that problems would be voiced in today’s meeting and provincial governors would be needed to get involved and take actions whether it be amending the law or enforcing strict regulations.

The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security is expected to visit Samut Sakhon province on November 13th to listen to opinions from the private sector and use them to devise a preventative approach.

-- NNT 2014-11-06

Does anyone really care???

It's an enormous blight on Thailand.....not so much on Malaysia, but still associated with this country........but do they really care..are they concerned.........IMO it's almost irrelevant........years and years of bloodshed.....years of initiatives.......

There will be at least two members who believe this, as they do every other official statement from the Junta.

From November 3rd

http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-eu-warns-thailand-over-illegal-fishing-49459.php

The European Union (EU) executive body told Thai representatives in Brussels this week that more needed to be done against unregulated and unrestricted fishing off Thailand, Thai Rath reported.

"If the situation is not improved, the EU may impose yellow cards on seafood trade with Thailand," the newspaper quoted Mr Pitiphong as saying.

Good find.........soon the sanctions will hit in..........

As soon as I see anything said or attributed to a official whose title starts with ''Pol'', the picture of one of the BIB flash thru my thoughts. Granted there must be some good honest ones out there but we hear about more honest cab drivers than we do policemen.

Maybe the BIB could improve their image by swapping uniforms and jobs with the cab drivers, of course the public transport system would gain, car pooling may become popular, just to avoid the new breed of taxie driver.

"said a Thai official."

Let's wait for the official EU report.

Don't Thai senior civil servants have any concept of diplomatic protocol. They are all at this <deleted>.

and what does the EU have to say?

Exactly. Once again, Thai officials playing spokesperson for foreign governments and agencies.

Though they did have this to say earlier in the year (March 2014).

http://ec.europa.eu/anti-trafficking/publications/slavery-sea_en

There now follows the long range pants inferno forecast.

Gulf of Thailand, heading northerly, bad.

Guess MOJ is the spoke person for EU....kudos

He said , that she said ,that he said, that she said that Thailand's treatment of slave fishermen is getting better

Not one EU official is quoted. This is manipulation and deceit.

Checkout the Aljazeera Rohingya documentary.

and note:

'Thailand's navy has accused journalists of defamation after a report alleged it helped human traffickers.'

Disgusting that they speak for the EU now too... Probably the exact opposite is true,, otherwise we would have heard it from EU directly....

There will be at least two members who believe this, as they do every other official statement from the Junta.

Thankfully those two members are in my ignore list.