Description:
BURMA: Tier 3:
"Burma is a source country for men, women, and children
subjected to forced labor and for women and children subjected
to sex trafficking, both in Burma and abroad. Some Burmese
men, women, and children who migrate for work abroad—
particularly to Thailand and China, as well as other countries
in Asia, the Middle East, and the United States—are subjected
to forced labor or sex trafficking. Men are subjected to forced
labor in fishing, manufacturing, forestry, agriculture, and
construction abroad, while women and girls are primarily
subjected to sex trafficking, domestic servitude, or forced
labor in garment manufacturing. NGOs report a continued
increase in the number of Burmese males transiting Thailand
en route to Indonesia and Malaysia, where they are subjected
to forced labor, primarily in fishing and other labor intensive
industries. Some Burmese men in the Thai fishing industry are
subjected to debt bondage, passport confiscation, threats of
physical or financial harm, or fraudulent recruitment; some are
also subjected to physical abuse and forced to remain aboard
vessels in international waters for years. Burmese women are
transported to China and subjected to sex trafficking and
domestic servitude through forced marriages to Chinese men;
there have been reports that Burmese government officials
are occasionally complicit in this form of trafficking. There
were also limited reports of smuggled Rohingya individuals
being abducted and sold into forced labor en route to other
countries, or sold into forced marriage in Malaysia; some of these
individuals may have become victims of domestic servitude
or sex trafficking. Complicit officials in Burma, Thailand, and
Malaysia reportedly facilitated the smuggling and exploitation
of Rohingya migrants..."
Source/publisher:
US Dept of State
Date of Publication:
2016-06-30
Date of entry:
2016-06-30
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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