Thailand continues to repatriate its citizens stranded in Myanmar.

On November 18, the Thai military announced that 41 of its citizens had returned home safely after being stranded in northern Myanmar.

The Thai military said that citizens returning from Shan State (Myanmar) through the Tachileik-Mae Sai border crossing were able to do so thanks to coordination between the Thai government and the Myanmar military. (Illustrative image.)

Amid escalating fighting between the Myanmar military and armed ethnic groups near the border with China, the Thai military said that citizens returning from Shan State (Myanmar) through the Tachileik-Mae Sai border crossing were able to do so thanks to coordination between the Thai government and the Myanmar military.

Thailand is also working to repatriate at least 264 of its citizens stranded near the city of Laukkai. Not only due to escalating tensions, Thailand says some of those stranded in Myanmar are "victims of human trafficking" and some may be linked to telecommunications fraud gangs.

According to the United Nations, Southeast Asia, including Myanmar, has become a hub for online and telecommunications fraud, with hundreds of thousands of people trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centers or participate in other illegal online activities.

Tens of thousands of people are currently displaced from Myanmar after rebel groups launched a large-scale offensive, known as "Operation 1027," last month.

These groups have seized several towns and military areas in various states across Myanmar, particularly in northern Myanmar bordering China.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/thai-lan-tiep-tuc-dua-cong-dan-bi-mac-ket-tai-myanmar-ve-nuoc-250546.html