PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Thailand: Human Rights (4 September 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) UK-based companies on human rights and the treatment of migrant workers in Thailand.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

Our officials in Thailand raise both human rights, including upholding the Paris Principles, and wider migration issues regularly with the Thai authorities. We also work closely with representatives of the European Union. We have raised these issues with British and Thai companies. Our Embassy engages the UN High Commission for Refugees, the International Organisation for Migration, and non-governmental organisations supporting their work and engagement on migrant workers and refugees with the Thai authorities.

Answered by:
Lord Swire (Conservative)
14 September 2015