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New Delhi: India has facilitated the homecoming of 270 people, including 26 women, who were trapped in Thailand and forced to work in Myanmar cyber scam centers.
The Embassy of India in Bangkok and the Consulate of India in Chiang Mai worked closely with the Royal Thai Government's various agencies and have facilitated the repatriation of 270 Indian nationals by two special flights of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
The rescued Indians recently crossed illegally into Thailand from Myanmar's Myawaddy, where they were allegedly working in the cyber scam centers. The Thai authorities detained them for violating the country's immigration laws.
Indian Embassies in Thailand and Myanmar are working with the respective governments to bring back those Indians allegedly involved in scamming activities and still trapped in Myanmar. Also, the government has strongly advised people aspiring to take up jobs in other countries to verify the credentials of foreign employers and check the antecedents of recruiting agents and companies. Moreover, it has been said that visa-free entry into Thailand for Indian passport holders for tourism and short business purposes should not be misused.
Recently, a worrying trend came out. It pertains to Indian men going to Russia for educational and employment purposes, but instead are being enrolled into the Russian military for some reason or the other.
Most of these men are reportedly not soldiers, but ordinary Indian men who would have gone to Russia for other purposes but found themselves on the war front. Reports say that the number of such men is increasing, and many reasons can be attributed for the rise in this phenomenon.
