Jun 28 2017 : The Times of India (Chennai)
US brands China among worst human trafficking offenders
Washington:
REUTERS
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The US state Department on Tuesday placed China on its global list of the worst offenders in human trafficking and forced labour, a step that could aggravate tensions with Beijing that had eased under President Donald Trump.Trump has grown increasingly frustrated over China's inaction on North Korea.
Myanmar was upgraded to the Tier 2 Watch List of nations making significant efforts to meet minimum US standards, from Tier 3, those countries not complying and making no significant effort to do so. Afghanistan, Malaysia and Qatar were each up graded to Tier 2, a list of nations making significant efforts to comply , from the Tier 2 Watch List. The report said China convicted fewer sex and labour traffickers in the 12 months ended on March 31 than in the previous year, forcibly repatriated North Koreans without screening them for indicators of trafficking, and handled most forced labour cases as administrative issuess. For the previous three years, China was on the Tier 2 Watch List. China was last in the lowest ranking, or Tier 3, in 2013.
Myanmar was upgraded to the Tier 2 Watch List of nations making significant efforts to meet minimum US standards, from Tier 3, those countries not complying and making no significant effort to do so. Afghanistan, Malaysia and Qatar were each up graded to Tier 2, a list of nations making significant efforts to comply , from the Tier 2 Watch List. The report said China convicted fewer sex and labour traffickers in the 12 months ended on March 31 than in the previous year, forcibly repatriated North Koreans without screening them for indicators of trafficking, and handled most forced labour cases as administrative issuess. For the previous three years, China was on the Tier 2 Watch List. China was last in the lowest ranking, or Tier 3, in 2013.
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