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

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,

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.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar arrived in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, late Friday, part of a massive repatriation movement that is straining regional resources.

The more than 10 Chinese men packed into a room in a former scam-operating center near Myawaddy on the border with Thailand may have

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 illicit industry.