Ministry: US human trafficking report ‘unfair’ – Bangkok Post

Authorities round up illegal migrants in a village in tambon Mae Charao of Mae Ramat district, Tak, on Tuesday - a few hours before the release of the US TIP report. (Photo by Assawin Pinitwong)

The latest Trafficking in Persons Report by the US State Department does not do justice to Thailand's efforts to stop human trafficking over the past year, according to the Foreign Ministry.

"Thailand views that the Report has not done justice to the significant and tangible progress Thailand has made in various areas during the past year, including policy initiatives, prosecution of wrong-doers and complicit officials, prevention of potential victims, witness and victim protection, and partnership with various groups of stakeholders, both domestic and abroad," the ministry said in a statement issued on late on Tuesday night just after the TIP reportwas released.

The Thai government remained firmly committed to seriously and strenuously addressing human trafficking, while seeking to further strengthen and expand cooperation with truly concerned partners, with a view to improving its capacity to better prevent and suppress the problem, the ministry said.

The government's efforts were not aimed at any evaluation but to better protect both Thais and foreigners in the country - equal in human dignity - from the menace of human trafficking,while upholding humanitarian principles to which Thailand always adhered, it stated.

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