Thailand continues to bring citizens stranded in Myanmar home

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

Thái Lan tiếp tục đưa công dân bị mắc kẹt tại Myanmar về nước

The Thai military said the citizens returned from Shan State (Myanmar) through the Tachileik-Mae Sai border crossing thanks to the coordination between the Thai government and the Myanmar military. Illustrative photo.

Amid escalating fighting between the Myanmar military and armed ethnic groups near the border with China, the Thai military said citizens returning from Shan State (Myanmar) through the Tachileik-Mae Sai border crossing were allowed to return 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. In addition to escalating tensions, Thailand said some of those stranded in Myanmar were “victims of human trafficking” and some may be linked to telecom fraud gangs.

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

Tens of thousands of people are currently fleeing Myanmar after rebel groups launched a large-scale offensive, dubbed "Operation 1027", last month.

These groups have captured several towns and military areas in many states across Myanmar, especially the northern region of Myanmar bordering China.

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