Indonesian authorities already repatriated 140 nationals from Myanmar via Thailand last month.
: More than 500 Indonesians freed from online scam centres in Myanmar will be repatriated via Thailand in the coming days, a senior Indonesian official told AFP on Tuesday.
Around 7,000 workers from at least two dozen countries have been freed in recent weeks, the majority of them Chinese, but many have been languishing in squalid temporary holding camps on the border between Myanmar and Thailand. They would come back on three flights from Bangkok after crossing into Thailand from Myanmar, he said.Authorities in Myanmar, under pressure from ally China, have cracked down on the scam compounds.
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