Some foreigners pulled out of Myanmar scam centres face struggle to get home
Hundreds of foreign nationals pulled out of scam compounds in Myanmar during a crackdown on centres run by criminal gangs have little food, scant healthcare and filthy toilets in the remote militia camp they have been taken to,
Myanmar scam center workers plead to ‘escape this hell’ and go home: ‘Help me, help me, help me’
The United Nations estimates that as many as 120,000 people—many of them Chinese men—may be working in Myanmar scam centers against their will.
Over 7,000 from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after crackdown
Trapped in virtual slavery, many are lured to work in scam centers where they exploit people around the world through false romances, bogus investment pitches and illegal gambling schemes.
Some foreigners pulled out of Myanmar scam centers face struggle to get home
Hundreds of foreign nationals have little food, scant health care and filthy toilets in the remote camp they have been taken to, two detainees said.
Myanmar frees 1,000 scam center workers as crackdown widens
The scam center victims are mostly from Asian countries including China and India while some others came from East Africa, according to Myanmar’s Ministry of Information.
84 Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar arrive home
They were among more than 7,000 people being held in the Myanmar border town Myawaddy following a crackdown on the scam centers by Thailand, Myanmar and China. Two buses carrying the Indonesians arrived Thursday in the Thai border city of Mae Sot,
84 Indonesians Taken Out of Scam Centers in Myanmar Are Set to Go Home
Eighty-four Indonesians freed rom scam centers in Myanmar arrived at the Thai border city of Mae Sot earlier on Thursday, part of an ongoing large scale repatriation effort following a crackdown by Thailand,
Thailand to repatriate thousands more Myanmar scam centre workers
Thailand said Friday it had agreed with Myanmar and China to repatriate thousands of alleged scam centre workers stranded in camps at the Thai-Myanmar border, part of a crackdown on transnational crime.
China to fly back 200 nationals rescued from Myanmar scam centres, Thai official says
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