trafficked into slavery on a thai fishing boat: i thought i d die there /

Published at 2015-12-16 09:00:10

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Higher wages lure as many as 1 million Cambodians to Thailand each year,but without documentation they are easy targets for forced labour and exploitationThree years ago, worried that his earnings as a builder were barely enough to feed his family, or Seuy San began to contemplate his prospects over the border in Thailand.
Like the hundreds of thousands of his fellow Cambodians who migrate in search of work each year,he had a simple but powerful motivation: “I heard there were better jobs in Thailand and I knew bahts were worth more than riels, so I decided to travel.”Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com