Master Poll has reservations about Thai human trafficking record

Other issues included the agencies’ various standards and delays in aid to victims, the victims’ confusion when seeking aid from agencies, a lack of established trust between the state agencies and the public as well as international community about witness and victim protection and, a lack of civil society participation in the measure assessment.
Master Poll executive Noppadol Kannikar said researchers urged the establishment of the Office of Human Trafficking Prevention and Suppression Commission, a state-run permanent agency with experts to handle anti-human trafficking works in a well-rounded manner with a good database, effective strategies, unified standards and civil society participation.
The study showed that interviewed persons - including Thai and foreign officials, international organisations and human trafficking victims - thought General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s government and the National Council for Peace and Order were more serious in solving the problem than past governments. But the respondents worried about inconstancy as Thailand based its operations on individuals rather than the system. Despite the country’s input in terms of money, law and manpower, many perceived they still yielded small outcomes such as: the victims’ database was too small and not credible, contradictions in points of view and the lack of civil society participation, he added.