Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home

'Escaping hell': Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home
Hundreds of exhausted young men lie in an open-sided detention centre in a seedy Myanmar border town, sweating through thick tropical heat by day and prey to clouds of mosquitoes by night. - Struggling to cope - The United Nations estimates that as many as 120,
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,
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,
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.
Over 7,000 workers from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after a regional crackdown
A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation.
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Myanmar scam operations move south along Thai border
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