Kenya is working to have Thailand re-open its border on humanitarian

Hundreds of Indians trapped in Myanmar's Myawaddy region were lured by fake job offers and forced into cybercrime; a crackdown by Thailand, Myanmar, and China aims to dismantle these scam hubs

MYAWADDY: 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.

YANGON: Around 168 foreign nationals who illegally entered Myawaddy-Shwe Kokko and KK Park ... to identify those who illegally entered Myanmar through border routes via neighbouring countries ...

Thai officials told reporters on Thursday the rescued workers were being taken in batches of 50 across a bridge from Myanmar’s Myawaddy to Thailand’s Mae Sot, where they were processed — including with biometric scans — and sent on by bus to Mae ...

Representatives from Myanmar, China, and Thailand are in discussions regarding the repatriation of foreign nationals detained in Myawaddy, Shwe Kokko, and KK Park, according to reports.