Second batch of 266 Indians airlifted from Myanmar scam centres, 549 rescued till now | India News

NEW DELHI: The second batch of 266 folks had been airlifted again to India after being rescued from scam name centres in South East Asia.
In a social media submit on X, ministry of exterior affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that Indian Embassies labored with Myanmar & Thailand governments to safe their launch & facilitate their repatriation
“Government of India arranged for the safe repatriation of 266 Indians yesterday by an IAF aircraft, who were released from cybercrime centres in South East Asia. On Monday, 283 Indians were similarly repatriated,” Jaiswal stated.

“Indian Embassies worked with Myanmar & Thailand governments to secure their release & facilitate their repatriation,” he added.
This comes days after 266 males and 17 girls had been evacuated by a C-17 Indian navy aircraft.
A C-17 Indian navy aircraft Monday evacuated 266 males and 17 girls caught on the Thai-Myanmar border for weeks after being rescued from scam name centres in Myanmar’s Myawaddy.
Authorities in Myanmar, underneath strain from ally China, have cracked down in latest weeks on unlawful on-line fraud operations which have flourished within the nation’s lawless borderlands.
Around 7,000 staff from at the very least two dozen nations have been freed, the bulk of them Chinese, however many have been languishing in squalid situations in momentary holding camps on the Thai-Myanmar border.
Authorities say many victims had been recruited by social media and faux employment businesses, notably concentrating on these with IT expertise. These scams, usually working in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, promise profitable salaries and enticing advantages. Once the recruits arrive, their passports are confiscated, and they’re held in closely guarded compounds, coerced into operating on-line scams underneath the menace of violence.
MEA additionally reiterated its warning for Indian nationals to confirm credentials of international employers earlier than taking over job gives.
“The Government of India has been making sustained efforts to secure the release and repatriation of Indian nationals lured to various southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar, with fake job offers. These persons were subsequently made to indulge in cybercrime and engage in other fraudulent activities in scam centres operating in regions along the Myanmar-Thailand border,” MEA stated in an announcement.
“The Government of India wishes to reiterate its caution, circulated earlier from time to time through advisories and social media posts, about such rackets. Indian nationals are once again advised to verify credentials of foreign employers through Missions abroad and check the antecedents of recruiting agents and companies before taking up a job offer,” it added.