Trafficking for Sexua All of them were female at age of years old. Seven of them were single, four married, and one widow. The size of household at the place of origin ranged from two to ten person. Most of them have carried an identity card from the orgin country, compared to two without any documents from the country of origin.
All of them had entered Ranong with a border pass, overstayed and had no work permit. Ranong is a long narrow and compact area covering 3, square kilometres extending km from north to south; the narrowest part of Ranong is 9 km.
Like much of southern Thailand, it under goes two monsoons. Source: Patcharawalai Wongboonsin et al. The majority Nevertheless, a number of migrant workers from Myanmar entered Ranong on a clandestine basis through certain parts of the mountainous border area. Nevertheless, there were only , peoples returning to Myanmar. There were 6, migrants from Myanmar being repatriated during January to December Others have entered the territory , , 9 and 10 years earlier.
It was the first time to have entered Thailand for 10 of them compared to two having been to Thailand several time already. The latter were mostly acquaintance or friends who had come to work as sex workers in Thailand, and returned to their place of origin several times to pursue persuasion and recruitment mission. Most of them made their own decision to come to work in Thailand, compared to one by her family.
The reasons behind the decision included the following:. In the place of origin: unemployment, low wages, insufficient income to support a big family. In Thailand: False information given by the traffickers about better income and working conditions.
