30名孟加拉国人逃离柬埔寨电诈园区后获释回国:曾被金边移民拘留中心关押

金边——30名曾逃离柬埔寨电诈园区的孟加拉国人10月20日乘机返回孟加拉国。据孟加拉国《商业标准报》(The Business Standard)报道,他们当天12时10分乘坐泰国航空 TG-321 航班抵达达卡,此前刚获柬埔寨移民拘留中心释放。人权组织 Anirban Survivor Voice Foundation 在声明中公布了这一消息。
这批人属于9月3日在金边机场被柬埔寨移民警察拘留的32名孟加拉国人,当时他们正试图按柬埔寨当局规定的程序离境回国;其中两人此前已获释,其余30人因被指非法滞留等移民问题被关押在拘留中心。孟加拉国侨民福利与海外就业部下属的工资收入者福利委员会曾致函孟加拉国驻曼谷大使馆劳工部门,要求采取措施促成释放与遣返。
据报道,这些人是被中介以高薪承诺带到柬埔寨的,抵达后许多人被迫在电诈园区从事网络诈骗等活动,试图逃离者还曾遭受虐待。他们逃离园区后于9月3日前往金边机场,希望按程序回国。
柬埔寨的电诈园区问题长期受到区域各国关注。本月早些时候,美国财政部官员表示正与柬埔寨政府合作捣毁电诈网络,柬埔寨首相洪玛奈呼吁区域联手打击网络诈骗。
Thirty Bangladeshis Return Home After Escaping Cambodia Scam Centres and Weeks in Immigration Detention
PHNOM PENH — Thirty Bangladeshis who had escaped alleged scam centres in Cambodia returned home on October 20 after being released from an immigration detention centre, The Business Standard reported. They arrived in Dhaka at 12:10 p.m. aboard Thai Airways flight TG-321, according to a statement by Anirban Survivor Voice Foundation, a rights group that works with trafficking victims.
The returnees were among 32 Bangladeshis detained by Cambodian immigration police at Phnom Penh airport on September 3 as they attempted to return home through the procedures prescribed by Cambodian authorities. Two were subsequently released, while the remaining 30 were held at an immigration detention centre over alleged illegal stays and other immigration-related complications. The Wage Earners' Welfare Board, under Bangladesh's expatriates' welfare and overseas employment ministry, had written to the labour wing of the Bangladesh Embassy in Bangkok seeking steps to secure their release and repatriation.
The group had allegedly been taken to Cambodia by brokers with promises of lucrative salaries. After arriving, many were reportedly forced to work at scam centres engaging in cyber scams and other online fraud, and those who tried to escape allegedly faced abuse. After escaping, the group went to Phnom Penh airport on September 3 to return to Bangladesh.
Scam compounds in Cambodia have long drawn regional concern. Earlier this month, a US Treasury official said Washington was working with the Cambodian government to dismantle scam networks, and Prime Minister Hun Manet called for regional cooperation against online fraud.
来源:GSM·美国(原文链接)
图片来源:金边王宫旁的 Preah Ang Dorngkeu 神龛。图片:© Anilakeo / CC BY-SA 3.0,Wikimedia Commons

