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The PHAMIT Project |
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The Prevention of HIV/AIDS Among Migrant Workers in Thailand Project (PHAMIT), funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM), is a collaborative project of eight NGOs: Raks Thai Foundation (the Principal Recipient) , Center for AIDS Rights (CAR), World Vision Foundation of Thailand, PATH, Stella Maris Center, MAP Foundation, Empower (Chiang Mai), and Pattanarak Foundation. PHAMIT partners are working in over twenty provinces throughout Thailand in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and local health providers, to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and to improve the quality of life among migrant workers, their families and sex workers. more |
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Migrants ' Vulnerability |
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Migrants in Thailand come from Myanmar,Cambodia and Laos,and work in the lowest paying and hardest jobs.Migrant workers and their families generally endure poor working and living conditions,as well as numerous rights violations.Numerous barriers limit migrants'ability to access information and health services,increasing their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and reproductive health problems,including STIs and unplanned pregnancy.more |
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Recent News |
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Burmese Authorities Issue ‘Passports’ to Migrants 
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| Burma has started issuing new nationality identification papers to Burmese migrant workers, allowing them to work legally in Thailand but not in other countries, more | ||||
| PHICHIT : The Labour Ministry is overhauling regulations in an effort to tackle the long-standing problem of illegal alien workers. more |
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| Burmese Migrants Handed Over to Human Traffickers | ||||
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| Burmese Refugees 'Treated Like a Commodity | ||||
| WASHINGTON — The mistreatment of Burmese migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Malaysia is the focus of a report released Thursday by the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. more |
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| Agency lists migrant worker abuse, calls for "humane" govt oversight | ||||
| A migrants' support agency has reported allegations of official mistreatment of migrant workers in Thailand ranging from payments to police in return for their release from custody, constant "humiliating" police harassment, to the rape of women detainees by Thai Army Rangers. more |
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| Thai Co pays compensation to families of Burmese migrants | ||||
| Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - A Thai Life Insurance
Company has begun paying compensation today for 37 Burmese people, more |
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| Migrant workers in for a rough time | ||||
| The Abhisit government's decision not to register new migrant workers is a mistake that only serves abusive employers and corrupt police. more | ||||
Burmese Migrant Women in Thailand Targeted more |
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Murder at Sea more |
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PHAMIT Achievements : Five-Year review in brief January 2009 |
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Log In Database PHAMIT click |
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Labour Issues |
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| Bosses prey on Burmese migrants more | ||
| Horror life of abused foreign maids revealed | ||
| An increasing number of migrant house servants are suffering abuse from their employers including having to work slave-like hours and physical assaults, more |
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MAP on Youtube!Occupational Health and Safety more |
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Shan Migrant Workers’ Attempt to Challenge SSO Discrimination |
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| The Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand today upheld a decision of Chiangmai Administrative Court ruling the Court has no power to consider whether a circular, issued by the Social Security Office (SSO) more | ||
Updates & reports |
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| US senate report Trafficking Thai-Malay more | ||||||
Nationality verification for migrants from Burma pdf |
Sweatshop shrimp more |
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Invisible in Thailand pdf |
ILO policy guidelines migrant more |
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Registration 2007 by occupation more |
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Migrants economic contribution pdf |
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Report - Poll Thai attitudes on migrants more |
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ILO report on formal and informal cross-border recruitment pdf |
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Privention of HIV/AIDS Among Migrant Workers in Thailand (PHAMIT) |