In February 2008, Thailand enacted the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, which broadens the definition of exploitation to include sexual exploitation, production and distribution of pornography, slavery, forced begging, forced labour, trade in organs, or other similar forms of exploitation. It applies to all persons regardless of their legal status.
The CPMRS project, launched by UNICEF in 2006 in association with key government and university partners, was intended to develop an integrated child protection system in the six tsunami-affected provinces in southern Thailand. The project was expected to: increase public awareness of children’s rights to protection; track the magnitude of child protection issues at local, provincial and national levels in Thailand; and provide adequate response mechanisms for identifying children in need of special protection and for delivering suitable child protection services as early as possible.
In these agreements regulating labour migration flows, the Spanish authorities, through Spanish Embassies in origin countries, notify the origin countries’ authorities of the number and type of workers needed, taking into account existing job offers. (There is no set quota; rather, the employers in Spain request a certain number of needed workers.) Origin countries in turn notify the Spanish authorities, through the Spanish Embassies, of the possibility of meeting this demand with their nationals willing to go to Spain.
All migrants who register with local municipal authorities are entitled to health care assistance on the same terms as Spanish citizens under Spanish national legislation, including the Organic Law on the Rights and Freedoms of Aliens in Spain and their Social Integration.
However, a number of immigrants are not registered because they are unaware of the process, they fear enforcement authorities' access to the database, or their municipal government rejects their registration.
The Multilateral Social Security Agreement is an instrument for coordinating the Social Security legislation on pensions of the different Ibero-American countries. The Ibero-American Multilateral Agreement on Social Security is a pioneering experiment with the objective of guaranteeing the rights of Ibero-American migrant workers and their families to a contributory old-age, disability or survivors’ pension within a common area, the Ibero-American Community, formed by 22 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union.
The main objective of Pagesos Solidaris is to participate in the human, economic and social development of rural communities and to give these communities support to develop organizational structures. To this end the Foundation aims to:
Senegal and France have signed a cooperation agreement on health engaging the Senegalese diaspora in French hospitals and universities.
According to the Swedish Aliens law, persons who are found not to be “convention” refugees under the 1951 Refugees Convention may also qualify for asylum under a category known as ‘persons in need of protection – skyddsbehövande’. This includes those that have left their native country and have good reason to fear capital punishment, torture, need protection due to war (internal/external) or an environmental disaster in their native country
The MOU focuses on two main areas: the sharing of expertise and information on a range of key areas, and opportunities for time-limited placements in each other’s countries.
The sharing of skills and expertise between the two countries has led to the development of many links, based on requests and identified needs. There have also been a number of twinning arrangements between individual UK and South African institutions.
The Portuguese Government has adopted since 2007 different National Plans against Trafficking in Human Beings. The first from 2007 - 2010, the second between 2011 - 2013 and the most recent one for the 2014 - 2017 period.
Portugal has already its third National Plan against Trafficking in Human Beings in effect with five strategic areas: