9 year old Nu Nu Wai would like to go to school full time and become a painter.But as a child of migrant workers from Burma, her parents can not make enough money. So she only attends 10 days a month.She spends the rest of her time peeling shrimp in a factory that employs 5 other children.Her teacher, Than Than Win, says she works there with her parents up to 13 hours per day.“Parents who have financial problems can not send their children to school regularly. Sometimes they ask their children to work and help in their work.”Samutsakhon is Thailand’s seafood processing heartland and about a third of exports worth over a billion dollars per year go to the United States.But a review next year of its record on trafficking in persons including forced and childhood labor could result in restrictions.Suwatanachai Visetcharoen is manager of Talay Thai, Thailand’s largest seafood wholesaler.He says U.S limits on Thai imports would have a huge impact because it’ is their largest single export market.“It will impact the seller and then entire country’s economy. Some factories may have to close. It would have a great impact.”Activists say government efforts have stamped out blatant labor abuses at many large factories.But smaller ones still use undocumented children because they are cheap and not likely to go to authorities.
9岁的Nu Nu Wai希望能全天读书，以后成为一名画家。但是作为缅甸移民工人的孩子，她的父母挣不到足够多的钱，因此她只能每个月上10天学。她剩下的时间是在工厂里剥虾打工，该工厂还雇佣了另外5个孩子。她的老师Than Than Win说，她在那里与父母一起工作，一天工作最多达到13小时：那些有经济困难的父母们不能让自己的孩子正常上学，有时候他们要求孩子做工，或者帮助他们做工。Samutsakhon是泰国水产品处理加工的心脏地带，每年价值10多亿美元的出口业务有1/3是到美国。但泰国明年将进行的针对非法人口贩运的评审，这将可能会限制泰国的出口：Suwatanachai Visetcharoen是Talay Thai公司的经理，该公司是泰国最大的海产品批发商。他说作为泰国最大的单一出口市场，美国对泰国进口产品的限制将会给泰国带来巨大的冲击。这将影响到销售商，然后会蔓延到整个国家的经济。一些工厂可能会被迫关闭，这将会带来巨大的冲击。活动人士说，政府的措施已让许多大工厂的公开虐待工人情况得到约束。但因为童工比较便宜，而且他们不太会寻求政府当局保护，因此小工厂仍然继续使用非法童工。
