Death at sea: Thai slave masters show no mercy
Thailand s lucrative fishing sector resorts to highly unethical practices, notably forced migrant labor
Updated: July 07, 2021 04:00 AM GMT
Ae, a Thai man who spent most of his life homeless, was tricked into joining the crew of a fishing vessel where he found himself essentially enslaved. (Photo: UCA News)
Ae, a reticent middle-aged Thai man, spent almost all his life living homeless on the streets of Bangkok after he ran away from home as a child.
“My parents neglected me. They didn’t want me,” recalls Ae, who goes only by his nickname as he does not know his legal name.
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WITH an aching back, and hunger pangs ripping through his stomach, 15-year-old Abou Traore uses a heavy machete to hack through the dense brush of a cocoa plantation.
The teenager, who has been working long hours on the farm since the age of ten, is one of 16,000 children forced into child labour in West Africa - so that Brits can enjoy their favourite chocolate bars.
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A nine-year-old child pictured by Unicef working with a machete on a cocoa farmCredit: Mirrorpix