CRC/C/THA/CO/3-4 detention or deportations to a country where their lives might be in danger. In this regard, the Committee encourages the State party to seek technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The Committee also recommends that the State party ratify the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol and establish a national legal and institutional framework for protection of refugees. Children in situations of migration 72. The Committee welcomes the amendments to the Labour Protection Act in 2008, which enable migrants to engage in lawful employment and access social welfare, including access to health and education. However, the Committee is concerned that many migrant workers in irregular situations and their children face arrests and deportations without any risk assessment as to whether their return would be safe. Additionally, children of migrant workers often live in poor conditions, and many of them are subjected to working long hours in hazardous conditions. 73. The Committee recommends that the State party conduct a risk assessment study as to whether the return of migrants and their children to their countries of origin would be safe. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the State party take necessary legislative and policy measures to protect children in various migration situations from exploitation and hazardous working conditions. Economic exploitation including child labour 74. The Committee notes the Home Workers Protection Act adopted in 2011 which provides for protection of conditions of employment, minimum wages and safe working environment for children 15 years of age and over, as well as the National Policy and Plan to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labour for 2009-2014. However the Committee remains concerned that the State party’s legislation does not provide protection to informal workers in agriculture, tourist industry, begging and domestic service, where children aged below 15 years, especially foreign children and children in street situations, are mostly involved. 75. The Committee recommends that the State party study and provide, in its next periodic report, information on the employment of children in the informal sector, such as in agriculture, tourist industry, begging and domestic service, and take measures to reinforce the labour inspection system to monitor and detect children working in these sectors. It urges the State party to amend its legislation to prohibit involvement of children in informal sectors with particular attention to vulnerable groups of children such as foreign children and children in street situations. It recommends that the State party consider ratifying the ILO Convention N°189 (2011) concerning decent work for domestic workers. Sexual exploitation and abuse 76. The Committee welcomes the Amendments to the Penal Code (Nos. 19 and 20) of 2007 establishing punishments for the crime of rape based on the age of the victim. It is, however, seriously concerned about widespread sexual exploitation and abuse of children, boys and girls, within the State party. It is further concerned about the lack of protection of child victims from perpetrators, especially in the family, a concern which is reinforced by the long duration of investigations and proceedings in criminal cases on sexual abuse. The Committee is also concerned at the increase of trafficking of foreign children from neighbouring countries into Thailand for sexual exploitation, contributing to the large child sex tourism industry in the country, while Thai children are often trafficked to foreign countries for sexual exploitation. Furthermore, the Committee expresses concern that 16