21 Pakistani victims rescued from Myanmar scam compounds return home today

These individuals were held under harsh conditions and forced into labour in fraudulent businesses

By Muhammad Irfan Siddiqui
April 10, 2025
Multinational victims of scam centres, who were trafficked into working in Myanmar and were sent to Thailand on February 12 amid a mounting crackdown on scam centres operating along a porous border, queue to get food at a shelter inside the 310th Military District (Fort Wachiraprakan), as they wait for their embassies to pick them up, in Tak province, Thailand February 19, 2025. — Reuters
Multinational victims of scam centres, who were trafficked into working in Myanmar and were sent to Thailand on February 12 amid a mounting crackdown on scam centres operating along a porous border, queue to get food at a shelter inside the 310th Military District (Fort Wachiraprakan), as they wait for their embassies to pick them up, in Tak province, Thailand February 19, 2025. — Reuters

Twenty-one Pakistani nationals, victims of human trafficking trapped in scam compounds of Myanmar, are set to return home today (Thursday). These individuals were held under harsh conditions and forced into labour in fraudulent businesses.

Their safe repatriation has been made possible through the dedicated efforts of the Government of Pakistan, in collaboration with the Royal Thai Government and the Government of Myanmar. The Embassy of Pakistan in Bangkok played a pivotal role in this process. 

Pakistan’s Ambassador to Thailand, Rukhsana Afzaal, personally bid farewell to the rescued Pakistanis in Bangkok, assuring them of full government support and wishing them a safe journey home.