The Mekong Challenge - Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of young migrant workers in Thailand: Vol. 2 (3) - The Fishing Sector
Conclusions:
4.1 Indications of labour exploitation
The findings clearly show that being forced to work
is not uncommon in the fishing sector. About a fifth
of migrants have either previously experienced being
forced to work or are currently being forced to work.
Migrants working on fishing boats, female workers in
fish processing and children tend to experience forced
labour more than male workers in fish processing
and adult workers in general. The findings show
that employment aboard fishing vessels often means