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Thailand's 'Sea Gypsies' Fight For Access To Ancestral Shrines
Thailand's nomadic fishermen today urged the government to help resolve a dispute over access to ancestral shrines on land taken over by developers, following violence in which dozens were injured last month.
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From Fishing to Sex Work, Trafficked People Badly Abused
From dog attacks, strangulation and rape, to injured fishermen being thrown overboard and left to drown, trafficked people can suffer extreme violence and severe health problems no matter where they end up working, researchers have found.
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Thai Fishermen Convert Boats to Cash in on Human-Smuggling
The smuggling of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar is so lucrative that Thai fishermen are converting their boats to carry humans, police and officials in southern Thailand said.
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Typhoon leaves 74 missing in China As Thailand, Vietnam brace for floods
Seventy-four Chinese fishermen were missing on Monday after a typhoon sunk three fishing boats in the South China Sea as Thailand and Vietnam braced for torrential rain and flooding.
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Thailand's 'Sea Gypsies' Fight For Access To Ancestral Shrines
Thailand's nomadic fishermen today urged the government to help resolve a dispute over access to ancestral shrines on land taken over by developers, following violence in which dozens were injured last month.
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From Fishing to Sex Work, Trafficked People Badly Abused
From dog attacks, strangulation and rape, to injured fishermen being thrown overboard and left to drown, trafficked people can suffer extreme violence and severe health problems no matter where they end up working, researchers have found.
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Thai Fishermen Convert Boats to Cash in on Human-Smuggling
The smuggling of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar is so lucrative that Thai fishermen are converting their boats to carry humans, police and officials in southern Thailand said.
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Typhoon leaves 74 missing in China As Thailand, Vietnam brace for floods
Seventy-four Chinese fishermen were missing on Monday after a typhoon sunk three fishing boats in the South China Sea as Thailand and Vietnam braced for torrential rain and flooding.
