From one predicament to another: How freed scammers are detained again

The quest to free thousands of enslaved scammers from facilities in Myanmar has turned into a growing humanitarian crisis. Last month, a highly publicised operation by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities led to the release of more than 7,000 people who had been forced to scam Americans and others out of their life savings while enslaved in locked compounds. But what has been described as one of the largest potential rescues of forced labourers in modern history appears to have taken them from one nightmarish situation to another as the former scammers now face scarcity of food and no medical…