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Thai Men and Women Warned about Exploitive Jobs in Bahrain and Turkey
Labour authorities in Nakhon Ratchasima province have warned job seekers to be careful if they intend to work in Bahrain or Turkey.

Cambodia Approves Law on Anti-Human Trafficking
The Cambodian National Assembly unanimously approved the law on anti-human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Human Trafficking Crackdown in Vietnam
Local authorities will intensify their operations in 2008 to stop the trafficking of women and children across the Chinese/Cambodian border.

There Is Marked Increase in the Migrant Labour Force Leaving the Countryside in 2007
At the National Industrialization of Agriculture held in Nanning, Guangxi on the 24 November 2007, the Vice Minister of Agriculture, Wei ChaoAn said in recent years our country’s rural labour force has moved, the quality has increased, it is expected that next year there will be an increase of 11.9 million people, an increase by a rather large increase in comparison with last year.  It is expected that this year the total number of people in employment in business in towns and villages will reach 1.500 million people, an increase of about 4 million.

China Improves Efforts to Combat Trafficking through Regional Mechanism
According to the press conference held by the Ministry of Public Security, ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam signed the COMMIT Joint Declaration on 14 December 2007.

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Expert Corner

CECILIA FLORES-OEBANDA, Founder and Director, Visayan Forum Foundation (VFI)

Cecilia Flores-Oebanda is the Founder and Director of the Visayan Forum Foundation (VFI) in the Philippines. She was a recipient of the Anti-Slavery Award in 2005. VFI is one of the most well-known nongovernmental organizations in the Philippines, focusing on the specific needs of human trafficking victims.