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Cambodia: Migrant workers struggle to receive social assistance & health services after returning from Thailand due to COVID-19 pandemic
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Cambodia and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Cambodia released a survey report describing the hardships and vulnerabilities faced by migrant workers who returned to Cambodia from abroad following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. It found that since Thailand began its measures to curb Covid-19 by reducing economic activities and closing its borders in March, more than 120,000 Cambodian migrant workers returned to Cambodia. The situation has created a humanitarian emergency, posing serious concerns of socio-economic vulnerability for them and their families.
The report found that nearly 30 per cent of migrant households have no income at all and nearly 60 per cent of them have no source of earnings in Cambodia.- IOM Cambodia
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The report found that nearly 30 per cent of migrant households have no income at all and nearly 60 per cent of them have no source of earnings in Cambodia. IOM Cambodia
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Cambodia and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Cambodia released a survey report describing the hardships and vulnerabilities faced by migrant workers who returned to Cambodia from abroad following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The report found that nearly 30 per cent of migrant households have no income at all and nearly 60 per cent of them have no source of earnings in Cambodia. IOM Cambodia
Nearly 30% of migrant workers lose income
Sun, 20 December 2020
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Cambodia and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Cambodia released a survey report describing the hardships and vulnerabilities faced by migrant workers who returned to Cambodia from abroad following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
It found that nearly 30 per cent of migrant households have no income at all and nearly 60 per cent of them have no source of earnings in Cambodia.
Government officials, however, deny being indifferent to the issue.
In its “Breaking the Silence: Rape by Relatives and Barriers to Justice in Cambodia” report, LICADHO said women and children who are raped by a family member are too often being denied both the safety and justice to which they are entitled.
According to the report published on December 13, of all the rape or attempted rape cases investigated by LICADHO from January 2017 to December 2019, nearly one in three (137 cases) involved a suspect who was related to the victim.
The 25-page report said that almost half (46 per cent) of victims reported experiencing sexual violence by a blood relative, such as their father, uncle or grandfather. Other victims reported that they were sexually abused by their step-relatives and in-laws.
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