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From the Tiger to the Crocodile
Abuse of Migrant Workers in Thailand
Summary
Key
Recommendations
Maps
Northern
Thailand
Ubon
Ratchathani
Rayong and
Eastern Seaboard
Southern
Thailand
Bangkok and Surrounding Areas
Mae Sot and
Myawaddy
Mae Sot Border Checkpoints
Methodology
I. Failures
of Thai Migration Policy
Labor
Migration to Thailand
Regulatory
Gaps and Failures
Migrants
Rights under International Law..
II.
Provincial Decrees—Controls on Migrant Workers
Restrictions
on Freedom of Association and Assembly
Restrictions
on Freedom of Expression
Restrictions
on Freedom of Movement
III. Human
Rights Abuses against Migrants
Killings,
Torture, and Physical Abuses against Migrants
Killings by
Security Forces
Torture and
Ill-Treatment by Thai Authorities
Police
Abuses: An Insider’s Account
Failure to
Investigate Crimes against Migrants
IV. Forced
Labor and Human Trafficking
V. Extortion
of Migrants by Local Authorities
Systems of
Extortion by Police and Local Officials
Roadside
Arrest and Extortion
At Police
Stations
Police
Protection Rackets and Payments
Extortion by
Police Impersonators
Extortion
During Deportations at the Thai-Burma Border
VI. Rights
Violations in the Migration Registration System
Mistreatment
of Migrants by Employers, Brokers, and Authorities in the Migrant Worker
Registration System
VII. Labor
Rights Abuses
No Freedom
to Organize and Collectively Bargain
Intimidation
and False Allegations against Workers
Retaliation
against Workers Filing Labor Complaints
Labor
Exploitation
Seizure of
Migrant Worker Documents
VIII.
Impunity for Abuses against Migrants
IX.
Recommendations
Appendix I:
Questionnaire
Appendix II:
Letter to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva from Human Rights Watch
Acknowledgements
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