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Hundreds of Vietnamese citizens tricked into illegal jobs in Cambodia rescued: spokesperson

Hundreds of Vietnamese citizens tricked into illegal jobs in Cambodia have been rescued over the past several months, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at the Foreign Ministry’s regular press conference on October 20.
Hundreds of Vietnamese citizens tricked into illegal jobs in Cambodia rescued: spokesperson ảnh 1Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang. (Photo: VNA) 
Hanoi (VNA) – Hundreds of Vietnamese citizens tricked into illegaljobs in Cambodia have been rescued over the past several months, ForeignMinistry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at the Foreign Ministry’s regularpress conference on October 20.

The spokesperson said cases in which Vietnamese citizens werecheated into illegal jobs and detained in Cambodia reported by the media tookplace in areas under the charge of the Vietnamese Consulate General inBattambang province.

The Consulate General has coordinated with authorities ofCambodian localities to take measures to assist and rescue Vietnamese citizenstricked into illegal jobs in areas along the Cambodia-Thailand border, Hangsaid.

According to her, the Consulate General hadrescued and repatriated around 100 Vietnamese citizens between July andSeptember this year. Since the end of September, the Consulate General has alsocoordinated with local administrations to free another 171 citizens.

After rescuing the labourers from the illegal employers, theConsulate General has sent officials to meet them and rolled out citizenprotection measures, such as providing essential supplies and conductingrepatriating procedures.

The spokesperson added that the Consular Department under the Foreign Ministryis also working with relevant agencies and localities to verify the rescued citizens’identification and receive them back from Cambodia.   

In the time ahead, Vietnamese agencies (theForeign Ministry and representative missions in Cambodia) will continue to workwith Cambodian authorities and ask the Cambodian side to intensify inspectionsof the above-mentioned areas to rescue any Vietnamese citizens tricked intoillegal jobs, while undertaking citizen protection measures to ensurelegitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens, the spokespersonsaid./.
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