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Myanmar Migrants Rescued in Thailand

Aye Aye Mar

   MAESOT, THAILAND - Twenty Myanmar trafficked migrants stranded at the
   Thai-Malaysia border for two months have been rescued, according to an
   official of the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok.

   U Sai Aye, the official interpreter of the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok,
   told VOA Burmese that the victims had languished in one room after an
   agent, who had promised them jobs in Malaysia, abandoned them in the
   face of travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic.

   When the embassy received a call from the group, none of the migrants
   knew where they were. The Myanmar Embassy requested assistance from the
   Thai military.

   The Thai military, with the help of immigration police, rescued the
   group in Sungai Kolok, a town in Narathiwat province, near the border
   with Malaysia, according to Sai Aye. The Thais handed over the victims
   to Myanmar authorities.

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