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Focus on Systems, Not Only Victims, Vietnam Labor Group Says

Ha Nguyen

   HO CHI MINH CITY - The International Labor Organization in Vietnam has
   called for improved conditions for migrants -- not just those who were
   among the 39 dead in a British truck container this month, but also
   migrants crossing the Mediterranean and in the Americas.
   The organization called on officials to ensure there are safe and
   regular channels for migration rather than putting the burden on
   migrants. It did not refer to the deaths in Britain, now being
   investigated as possible manslaughter and human trafficking, but it
   joins the voices expressing concern about the dangerous conditions and
   the structural problems that could have allowed the deaths to happen.

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