EU under fire after lifting threat to ban Thai seafood imports over illegal fishing

Reversal of disciplinary process condemned as campaigners claim Thailand has failed to address labour abusesThe EU has been accused of sending out the wrong message after removing Thailand from a list of countries failing to tackle illegal fishing.Campaigners claim that the European commission's decision this week to lift Thailand's "yellow card", in place since April 2015, gives consumers an "illusion that violations of fishers' rights are not still occurring". Continue reading...