BANGKOK—A growing number of girls from Laos are being trafficked into neighboring Thailand and forced into prostitution, a nongovernment group in Thailand says.
The Bangkok-based Mirror Foundation said the numbers of minors, aged from 15 to 19, trafficked into prostitution from Laos to Thailand had risen by 20 percent compared with last year.
“There are voluntary and also unwilling girls, aged 15-19, who were brought from Laos by Lao brokers,” group spokesman Niran Keokaseth said.
He said the agents persuade the girls to leave their poverty-stricken villages to come to Thailand with promises of employment.
“[They say] there are good jobs in Thailand, such as working in hair salons and beauty shops,” Niran Keokaseth said.
“However, once they arrive, there are no such available jobs. It’s just a lie,” he said. “Then they are forced to work as prostitutes.”

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