Thailand signs agreement to fight trafficking from Cambodia

The government of Thailand has signed an agreement with UNICEF and the NGO Plan Thailand to co-operate in fighting human trafficking in the country’s eastern provinces bordering Cambodia. Wallop Ploythapthim, permanent-secretary to the Social Development and Human Security Ministry, said;
 ”This agreement will build a clearer working practice and better coordination between related government agencies to fight human trafficking in these provinces,”
“Human trafficking is the worst abuse of human rights and it has increased and become very complicated,”
A significant number of Cambodian women and children are trafficked into Thailand for sexual exploitation; Cambodian men are trafficked to Thailand for forced labour, particularly in the fishing industry. Children are also trafficked into forced begging.