Chulalongkorn University Study on migrant child labor in Thailand,
Migrant Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances in Thailand
Aims of the project
The aims of this study on "Migrant Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances in
Thailand" were:
• to provide readers with the most up to date and complete status of migrant
children in Thailand
• to identify and analyse the difficult circumstances which are confronting these
children
• to develop some indicators to illustrate the conditions in which the migrant
children are suffering
Structure of the project report
The full report can be read at this Web site, or downloaded. The report includes a
summary, chapters on each of the main groups of children studied (child labourers,
prostitutes and street children), and an explanation of the indicators developed in the
study.
• Summary of report
• Chapter 1: Migrant Children in Thailand - a Result of Globalisation
• Chapter 2: Migrant Child Labor in Thailand
• Chapter 3: Migrant Children in Prostitution in Thailand
• Chapter 4: Migrant Street Children in Thailand
• Indicators of Migrant Children inThailand
• Links to organisations working with Migrant Children in Thailand
Origin of the project
The study has its origin in the mutual interest of UNICEF (Office for Thailand) and the
Asian Research Center for Migration (ARCM), based at the Institute of Asian Studies,
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. UNICEF's interest focuses on children, while
ARCM's emphasis is on migrants. Consequently, we agreed that we should jointly
survey the existing data on migrant children in Thailand.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was used as the guideline for the
analysis and the development of the indicators.