Child Labour in Fishery Value Chains in Thailand and its Inter-linkages with Migration
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The research on "Child Labour in Fishery Value Chains in Thailand and its Inter-linkages with Migration" has 4 objectives namely: (1) to find out the characteristics and conditions of household situations, as well as adults and children working in the value chain of small-scale fishing (2) to analyse the causes and consequences of child labor, and how are laws designed to protect them (3) to analyze how does migration affect child labor, directly or indirectly, and what conditions and government efforts have caused migrants to worsen or reduce child labor in the fisheries sector(4) to analyze how can child labour be eliminated in the fishing sector. The research employed mixed methods to answer the objectives, The research results reveal that (1) the fishery business in Thailand at the moment demands a high number of migrant workers. The majority of Thai adults and children have declined to work in this business; (2) the Thai labor protection law has complied with the International Labour Standards (ILS) on minimum age, ILO C 138, beginning at 15 years of age with light and non-hazardous work by notifying a labor inspector and keeping records as required by the law.However, law enforcement is not strong enough, especially with migrant child workers. (3) Thailand ratified two ILO conventions to make progress in social protection for labor in 2016. (4) The government policy since 1992 has always improved. But the problem of laws enforcement still existind which need to be solved.
Keywords: Child labor in fishing, international migration
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