Concern mounts over human trafficking via Thailand

According to MPs, 14 nations are requesting assistance for people who have been escorted to Myanmar’s Mae Sot fraud centers.

Police set up a checkpoint on Highway 12 in Mae Sot district of Tak to combat trafficking of people into neighbouring Myanmar on Nov 27. (Police photo)
On November 27, authorities in the Mae Sot region of Tak established a checkpoint along Highway 12 to stop people from entering neighboring Myanmar. ( Police photo )

14 nations have begun to call on Thailand to support their efforts to free their people who have been trafficked into Myanmar by fraud center gangs, according to two House committees.

Numerous foreigners are now stranded by virtual swindling and human trafficking organizations that operate just across the Moei River from Mae Sot in Tak state. They access Thailand through what one lobbying group refers to as “hell on earth.”

After Fair Party record member Kannavee Suebsang raised the issue at the House’s morning meeting, House Speaker Wan Muhammad Noor Matha called a meeting of the House on Wednesday to set up an immediate meeting. Mr. Kannavee claimed that 14 states had contacted him and asked him for assistance.

Mr. Wan claimed that the ministers of Sri Lanka and Kenya to Thailand have spoken with him about the same issue.

The speaker then called off the committees for committee meetings on Wednesday at 5:30 PM, beginning with the committees for committees on national security, border affairs, nationwide plan, and regional transformation.

The outcomes of the sessions were not promptly made public. &nbsp,

Even though Thailand has mechanisms in place to screen and assist victims of human trafficking, this issue needs to be addressed at its core, according to Mr. Kannavee.

More than 100, 000 immigrants enter Mae Sot each time, he said, so we didn’t catch every one work of trafficking.

On Highway 12 in Mae Sot last month, Mae Sot authorities established a station to stop immigrants from being drawn into illegal work across the borders.

Mr. Kannavee stated that his intention with the discussion in the House was to request that the primary secretary and her deputy in charge of security interests come up with a new, more extensive method to deal with this growing problem.

” We once believed that Thailand was the only country affected by this issue.” It now appears that these international legal syndicates are using Thailand to support their unlawful operations, according to Mr. Wan.

More than 300 citizens from more than 10 countries are being detained and forced to work for online scams and other legal cartels in Myanmar, according to data from The Civil Society Network for Victim Assistance in Human Trafficking.

Myawaddy, the area in question, lies just across the Moei River from Mae Sot and Phop Phra regions of Tak. The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army ( DKBA ) and the Karen Border Guard Force ( BGF), who make sizable income from the criminal enterprises, are in charge of a large portion of the area.

The lobbying group claimed to have gathered its data from a variety of options, including the Thai offices of those nations whose citizens have been duped into human trafficking traps.

In Myawaddy, illegal activity includes trafficking Rohingya people and drugs, in addition to internet scams, many of which are run by Chinese citizens. The organization called the Mae Sot and Phop Phra districts “gateways to hell” and claims that Thailand has significantly evolved into a corridor to support these improper operations.