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The Mekong challenge
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"The Mekong Challenge - Working Day and Night: the plight of migrant child workers in Mae Sot, Thailand“ - (pdf 300kb) • Thai - (pdf 450kb)
A bilingual (Thai-English) report on the findings of a survey of more than 300 Burmese children working in factories on the Thai side of the border reveals a situation of serious labour exploitation, in many cases considered to be worst forms of child labour. More than 80% of the children (all below 18) were working day and night (11 to 12 hours per day - 7 days a week) - often at wages far below the minimum required by law.
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"The Mekong Challenge - Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of young migrant workers in Thailand" - (pdf 5353kb)
This in-depth bi-lingual report by the ILO and Mahidol University's Institute for Population and Social Research – believed the first of its kind in Thailand – has uncovered significant human rights violations of young migrant workers ranging from physical assault, forced labour, a denial of freedom of movement, children in hazardous work – definable as worst forms of child labour – and routine psychological and verbal abuse. In some cases the labour exploitation is tantamount to that found in situations of human trafficking. Often out of the sight of both the authorities and most members of the Thai public, 82% of migrant domestic workers and 45% of young migrants toiling on fishing boats said they were required to work more than 12 hours per day, often seven days per week, according to the study. A must-read for Governments, Workers' and Employers' Organizations - as well as anti-trafficking practitioners worldwide. Free Download: English Volume 1 - (pdf 5353kb) or Thai Volume 1 - (pdf 2101kb) - ( Volume 2 available for download sector by sector analysis here.)
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