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Lao Government Steps Up Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking
September 25, 2006
The plan to combat human trafficking is a priority of the Lao government. The objectives of a two-day national meeting on 21-22 August 2006 in Vientiane, Lao PDR were to review the implementation and achievements of measures taken against human trafficking over th epast years of various sectors relevant to combating human trafficking.
According to the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Mr.s Onchanh Thammavong, there are over 180,000 illegal Lao workers in Thailand, and the majority of them are young women and children who are lured for work.
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Vientiane Times. Lao Government Steps Up Effort to Combat Human Trafficking. 23 August 2006.
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