Crackdown sees thousands of scam centre workers awaiting repatriation

People from China, Vietnam, Ethiopia believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centres after they were rescued in Myawaddy district in eastern Myanmar (AP)

A new crackdown on online scam centres has led to more than 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation.

Those helping them say the unprecedented number is straining the resources of Thailand just across the border and leading to delays.