Despite efforts by the junta and companies to deal with child labour and slavery allegations, it is highly likely Thailand will remain at the lowest level in the US human trafficking report next year .
The State Department downgraded Thailand to the lowest Tier 3 status in its 2014 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for not fully complying with minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. Thailand...
But the report could affect lending to the country. The US could decide to put pressure international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank not to lend to Thailand.
One of the junta's measures was to set up a one-stop service centre to register migrant workers. The centre is supposed to speed up the documentation of workers, mainly from neighbouring countries, as...