Myanmar, Thailand and Chinese workers

Thai PM says 7,000 people rescued from Myanmar call centres to be handed over to Thailand
Some 7,000 people rescued from illegal call centre operations in Myanmar were waiting be transferred to Thailand, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Wednesday.
China begins repatriation from Thailand of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar
An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and pu
Chinese workers from Myanmar scam centres start arriving home via Thailand
Hundreds of Chinese workers started to arrive home on Thursday after being freed from online scam centres in Myanmar, as authorities crack down on the illegal operations.Thousands of foreigners are expected to be repatriated from Myanmar in the coming weeks,
Hundreds of Chinese airlifted home after crackdown on Myanmar scam centres
Thailand is facilitating the transfer of thousands of people rescued from scam centres on the border of Myanmar.
Myanmar Returns First Batch of Chinese Scam Workers to Thailand
Some 600 Chinese will be flown from Mae Sot to China on 16 flights in the next three days. Karen State’s BGF militia said it plans to deport 10,000 Chinese in total.
China repatriates more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar
Thailand, China and Myanmar have coordinated efforts over the past month to shut down the scam centers that bilked victims around the world out of billions of dollars.
Myanmar Detains 270 Foreigners From Scam Compounds on Thai Border
Myanmar authorities detained 273 foreigners from scam compounds along the border with Thailand on Monday, as a senior Chinese official visited frontier towns on both sides in a widening crackdown on illegal online operations.
China to fly back 200 nationals rescued from Myanmar scam centres, Thai official says
China will fly home about 200 of its nationals found in scam-running compounds on the Thai-Myanmar border, a Thai security official said on Tuesday, as part of a multinational effort to crack down on illegal online operations run from the region.
A top Chinese official tours Thai-Myanmar border to highlight crackdown on scam centers
Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appear to gain momentum with a visit by a top Chinese official to the border zone ahead of expected large-scale repatriations of workers in the illi
Thailand receives 260 victims of human trafficking from Myanmar, mostly Ethiopians, army says
Thailand has received 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopians, from Myanmar, its army said on ...
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Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated
Many dramatic stories of Chinese people being lured to work in Bangkok only to be trafficked into a scam compound in Myanmar have surfaced. Chinese actor Wang Xing was a high-profile case but was ...
Leading Myanmar opposition organization blames local resistance group for killing of Catholic priest
The main organization coordinating resistance to Myanmar’s military government says its forces have arrested 10 members of a ...
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Thailand Shuts Myanmar Migrant Aid Office After Junta Halts Worker Scheme
Aid Alliance Committee in Samut Sakhon shuttered after a decade helping migrant workers suffering hardship and exploitation.
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Activists: New Thai rule gives Myanmar junta greater power to block workers
Regulation requiring junta approval for migrant workers raises fears of people being forced back to military conscription and ...