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Report on Thai fishing finds 'slaves at sea' - CNN.com - 0 views

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Industry Services

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  • The report found that one in six working on long-haul fishing boats did not decide to do so willingly, but acknowledged that the vast majority of workers in the sector are Thai and work voluntarily. 
  • To Tay's horror he was taken onto a fishing boat, despite no experience of fishing, and for the next six months was forced to work without pay.
  • According to a 2013 U.S. State Department report, the Thai marine department and navy inspected 608 fishing vessels in 2012 but found no cases of trafficked workers, suggesting corruption and inadequate financial and human resources were allowing the continued exploitation of workers. 
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  • Fishing boats have to make longer trips for less catch, making an already tough job harder and less attractive to domestic workers, as well as threatening profit margins for all involved in the industry.
  • A group of 14 men from Myanmar rescued from boats last year told the EJF of 20 hour work days with little or no pay and beatings at the hands of Thai crew members. According to reports from the EJF some even witnessed murder, with bodies being thrown overboard as causally as unwanted catch.
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      Matt Juliana on 03 Apr 14
       
      Are all of the voluntary workers okay with enslaving and killing the migrants? How on earth can they get away with murder when other people can clearly see it?
  • According to Tay, some of the girls in his group were sent to work in seafood processing factories, while the prettier ones were sent to brothels.
  • the Thai fishing and seafood industry, worth $7 billion annually, involves considerable exploitation of trafficked migrant workers, most from neighboring Myanmar and Cambodia.
  • smuggled across the border by labor brokers with the promise of a safe and stable job at the end of the journey.
  • he and 12 others who made the journey with him were sold for around $430 each into jobs that made them virtual slaves.
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      Matt Juliana on 03 Apr 14
       
      This definitely relates to the theme of mobility, because of the amount of resources and motion that go into smuggling illegal migrants into Thailand. Smuggling these people and lying to them about where they will go has almost become another industry of itself, due to the attraction of the profit of selling these people into slavery.
  • "We have documented evidence of marked police cars transporting trafficked victims who are then sold onto boats as slaves,"
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      Matt Juliana on 03 Apr 14
       
      Thailand's pathetic investigation into all of this is so clearly and disgustingly corrupt. Even the law enforcement are profiting by moving slaves. If all of these civilians can see what's going on, higher up government officials must purposely ignoring it.
  • and will drop to Tier 3 -- the lowest classification this year -- if it does not improve, something the EJF is calling for. The results could be the withdrawal of international financial aid.
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      Matt Juliana on 03 Apr 14
       
      http://time.com/12628/human-trafficking-rife-in-thai-fishing-industry/ This link leads to an article that talks more about the cruelty and abuse in this industry that the captains of fishing vessels do to the migrants.
  • critical of Thai attempts to clampdown on human trafficking in the country citing widespread corruption among law enforcement officials.
  • The rise in forced labor on board Thai fishing boats is tied to growing global demand for cheap seafood and diminishing fish stocks, say the EJF.  
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      Matt Juliana on 03 Apr 14
       
      The fishing businesses in Thailand have started to use these migrants as slave labor to keep profits in the fishing industry high. By needing to supply more fish and having dwindling resources, they're combating lost profits by using slaves as free labor, and working them to death.
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    Fishing industries in Thailand are abusing migrant workers.
Matt Juliana

Demographics of Catholics - 2 views

religions.pewforum.org/portraits

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  • Matt Juliana on 06 Dec 13
     
    1.) http://religions.pewforum.org/portraits - This link leads to several pie charts that show statistics on the different kinds of people that all belong to Catholicism. 2.) I found these charts to be very interesting, because they showed trends of how most Catholics live. It showed percentages of different races, ages, and social statuses that make up the Catholic population of the U.S. I was fascinated by all the differences and majorities of the demographic statistics, even just in America. 3.) Compare and contrast the statistics of different branches of Christianity- Which denomination has the most young followers? The most older? Which has the highest/lowest education and income? Compare and contrast Islam, Christianity, and Judaism- Are the stats very similar, or very different? Which has the oldest/youngest adherents? Does one stick out with a very high/low education or income?
  • Matt Juliana on 06 Dec 13
     
    I think that comparing and contrasting the different political opinions and spiritual devotions of each denomination would be really interesting Katelyn! I wonder if the political opinions would line up with the general trend of the region/state that most of the adherents are from? Also, would the political views be connected with their religious teachings, and could we see either a conservative or liberal approach shown in these teachings?
Matt Juliana

State Proportion of the Cuban-Born in the United States - 0 views

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  • Matt Juliana on 18 Oct 13
     
    Most native Cubans that live in America are found in similar latitudes and climates as Cuba itself. Most live in states that are farther south, like Florida, Texas, Nevada, and California. The exceptions are New Jersey and New York, where many immigrants come through, and there are many jobs. This suggests that immigrants often try to live in a climate that may be similar to the one that they are used to.
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