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From the Tiger to the Crocodile: Abuse of Migrant Workers in Thailand

The thousands of migrant workers from Burma, Cambodia, and Laos who cross the border into Thailand each year trade near-certain poverty at home for the possibility of relative prosperity abroad. While most of these bids for a better life do not end as tragically, almost all play out in an atmosphere circumscribed by fear, violence, abuse, corruption, intimidation, and an acute awareness of the many dangers posed by not belonging to Thai society.

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Field Value
Document type Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Language of document
  • English
Topics
  • Development and assistance for human rights
  • Forest policy and administration
  • Human rights associations
  • Human trafficking
  • Informal migration for labor
  • Logging and timber
  • Migration
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Thailand
Copyright Yes
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Version / Edition 2010
License CC-BY-3.0-IGO
Author (corporate) Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch
ISBN number 1-56432-602-0
Publication place USA
Publisher HRW
Publication date 2010
Pagination 116
General note

https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/thailand0210webwcover_0.pdf
Keywords V4MF,FLEGT
Date uploaded July 9, 2018, 14:54 (UTC)
Date modified October 22, 2018, 05:39 (UTC)