Overview
- On Monday, two Indian Air Force flights evacuated 197 Indian nationals from Mae Sot, the Indian embassy in Bangkok said.
- The operation raised the count of recent returnees to 467 after 270 were flown back last week.
- Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visited Mae Sot to oversee the airlift and met Ambassador Nagesh Singh, conveying appreciation and promising continued cooperation.
- The deportees had crossed illegally from Myanmar’s Myawaddy, including the KK Park cyber scam hub, and were detained in Thailand for immigration violations.
- Indian and Thai authorities coordinated the flights and reaffirmed efforts against cyber scams and trafficking, with Indian agencies expected to question returnees to identify victims and any alleged facilitators.