MAE SOT, Thailand – A new repression in the online fraud centers has led to more than 7,000 people around the world being arrested in a border city of Myanmar waiting for repatriation, and those who help them say that the unprecedented number is striving Thailand’s resources to the other side of the border and that leads to delays.
The coordinated repression between Thailand, Myanmar and China continues to visit Prime Minister Thai, Paetongtran Shinawatra, Beijing this month, where he told the Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Thailand would act against the networks of scams that have resorted to hundreds of thousands of people.
They are often attracted under false claims to work in scam centers in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, where people exploit people worldwide through false romances, false investment tones and illegal play schemes.
Many are trapped in virtual slavery.
Thailand, Myanmar and China officials are expected to meet next week to address repression logistics as fears grow on a possible humanitarian crisis. His goal is to establish guidelines for repatriations to avoid confusion, he told Associated Press, spokesman for the Thai defense ministry, he told The Associated Press.
As part of the repression of Thailand, it has also cut the supply of electricity, internet and gas to several areas in the Centers of Myanmar accommodation scammers along the border, citing national security.
Amy Miller, director of the Southeast Asian help group, acts of Mercy International and based in the Mae Sot in Thailand on the border of Myanmar, told AP that she has never seen such a large -scale release of potential victims of people trafficking in people.
She believes that Thai authorities are doing everything possible, but the task is overwhelming.
“The ability to take them to Thailand and process them and accommodate them and feed them would be impossible for most governments,” he said. “It requires that embassies and governments of origin of these citizens be responsible for their citizens. It really requires a kind of global response. “
The viceprimer Minister of Thailand, Phumtham Wechayachai, recognized the concerns and said that the relevant agencies were working in the situation as quickly as possible to coordinate the repatriations.
“I am also worried that if we do not hurry the process, it would become a problem if they cannot handle it and release them,” Phumtham told journalists in Bangkok, referring to the authorities of Myanmar.
Logistic problems include verifying identities, which has complicated and slowed down the repatriation efforts of countries, according to a diplomatic source with direct knowledge of the situation that spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media on the subject.
More than half of the 7,000 waiting are Chinese, with the rest of a mixture of countries.
More than 600 Chinese were repatriated for four days last week. Due to the large number, Thailand is allowing Beijing to drive most of the processing upon his return to China. China rented 16 flights.
Earlier this month, about 260 people from 20 countries, ranging from Ethiopia to Brazil to Philippines, Myanmar crossed to Thai custody as part of repression. More than 100 remain in Thailand waiting for repatriation, Thai officials said.
Many were trafficked to Myanmar through Mae Sot, now a massive repatriation efforts center.
On the way to Mae Sot, the control points showed signs in Thais, English and Chinese warning the Thai foreigners already on the risk of being trafficked to work along the border of Myanmar. The soldiers reviewed the vehicles on Wednesday and asked for identification.
