The PHAMIT Project
 
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
Migrants ' Vulnerability
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
Recent  News
Burmese Authorities Issue ‘Passports’ to Migrants 
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
Burmese Migrants Handed Over to Human Traffickers  
Unable to support his family in Rangoon, 27-year-old Wunna had migrated to
northern Malaysia one year earlier to work illegally on a construction site.
more
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

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
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
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
 
Murder at Sea  more
PHAMIT
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Labour Issues  
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
MAP on Youtube!Occupational Health and Safety more

Shan Migrant Workers’ Attempt to Challenge SSO Discrimination

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
US senate report Trafficking Thai-Malay   more
Nationality verification for migrants from Burma pdf
Sweatshop shrimp  more
Invisible in Thailand  pdf
ILO policy guidelines migrant  more
Registration 2007 by occupation  more
Migrants economic contribution  pdf
Report - Poll Thai attitudes on migrants   more 
   
ILO report on formal and informal cross-border recruitment pdf
 
 

Privention of HIV/AIDS Among Migrant Workers in Thailand (PHAMIT)
Contact us  brahm@raksthai.org