The Phnom Penh Post, 22 May 2013Anti-trafficking NGOs told the Post this week that they have noticed an exponential increase in the number of trafficking complaints from fishermen trapped abroad.
In the past two years, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) aided in the repatriation of just over 100 Cambodians. But in just the first five months of 2013, the IOM has assisted in the return of 63 Cambodians – mostly from Malaysia, Indonesia and Mauritius.
Those that get duped are almost exclusively rural folk desperate for survival and lured abroad by better-paying jobs, said Phiev Khay, national project officer for the IOM.
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