ชีวิตเหยื่อจากการค้ามนุษย์ของชาวไทยในประเทศเพื่อนบ้าน และการดำเนินการช่วยเหลือของรัฐไทย

Abstract

This study is “Life of Thai victims of human trafficking in Neighbouring Countries and the implementation of assistance from the Government of Thailand” The purpose of this study were 1) to study the life of Thai victims of human trafficking in Neighbouring Countries. 2) to study the assistance victims of human trafficking of the Thai government. And 3) to study the problems and obstacles of helping victims. This research uses data collection methods from research studies, academic articles and other documents related. And the study had been conducted by the phenomenological qualitative approach and applied the in-depth interview with 8 Thais victims of human trafficking. In addition, the semi-structure interview was used with 5 person who were staff for helping victims of human trafficking of Royal Thai Embassy. The data analysis had been done by using the data processing, data categorizing, and the relation scheme synthesizing. The results showed that 1) Thais who victims of human trafficking in Neighbouring Countries. They were persuaded and deceived to work. The unwilling Thais victims, they always were seduced and kidnapped by applying anesthetic in food, beverages or drugs. Until the symptoms of intoxication and loss of consciousness therefore delivered to the terminal country. When the Thais victims arrived at the terminal country, they were forced sexual services and forced labor which will be threatened by the employer. Some were attacked and hold to work and often utilized. Thais sex workers were exploited for whoredom. Some workers were forced to work as prostitutes without pay. The Thais usually took advantages of the labors by giving excess working hours and extra jobs without extra pays. Thais labors who worked in fishery business were threatened, abused, and cruelly forced to work without additional pay and rest. And even when they were sick. Factors that contribute to the human trafficking. Economic factors, social factors, and environmental factors. Education, Family background, needs, and personality are examples of personal factors. Economic factors at the micro-level such as community economic structure, occupation, money income and at the macro-level such as values and migration trends also have their effects. Environment factors that may be considered include location-risk, residential areas and neighborhoods. 2) Helping victims of human trafficking from the Thai government in Neighbouring Countries, which it’s an assistance under the Royal Thai Embassy. It is only to help track and verify the status of people, as well as expedite the prosecution and coordinate repatriation when those persons were released. The basic assistance procedures are as follows: 1. receiving the incident report 2. Coordinating the anti-human trafficking police 3. Assistance 4. Investigating and sorting out the victims and 5. Repatriation to the country of origin. And 3) the problems and obstacles in helping victims found operator problem is the staff of the embassy is insufficient. Victim's problem is the victim did not cooperate with the authorities in providing truthful information. Coordination problems arise from the legal process of Neighbouring Countries that takes time to prosecute. And finally, the problem of information is the victim of misinformation because of the fear of being wrong. So, the embassy's assistance to Thai victims of human trafficking in Neighbouring Countries has been delayed before being able to help Thai people repatriate to their country of origin. Respondents had suggestion were as follows: 1) Government officials should active campaign and information dissemination so that people have a better understanding about human trafficking and thus protect them from the trafficking cycle. 2) Government, civil society, the private sector, and all sectors of society must cooperate and work together to seriously solve the problem of human trafficking. And 3) Government officials should observe and follow the solving problems of trafficking after repatriated them back to country.