In Malaysia, some immigration officials have been accused of involvement in selling refugees from Myanmar, also known as Burma, to gangs in Thailand.
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Burmese refugees rounded up and sold in Malaysia
Posted: July 13, 2009 12:21
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Malaysian immigration officials implicated in human trafficking
Elaine Pearson, deputy director of the Asia division of Human Rights Watch, joins Martin Savidge to discuss the status of the Myanmar refugees in Malaysia and the problem of human trafficking in Asia.
Posted: July 13, 2009 12:20
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Global economic crisis pushes human trafficking
Increasing unemployment and poverty are making people more vulnerable to human traffickers, according to the State Department's annual report on human trafficking released Tuesday. E. Benjamin Skinner of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy discusses modern slavery.
Posted: June 16, 2009 16:05
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