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The Moroccan Embassy in Bangkok said that it is closely monitoring the situation of Moroccan citizens who are victims of human trafficking in Myanmar.
Morocco’s Ambassador Abderrahim Rahhaly confirmed that several Moroccan nationals are being held by illegal organizations in rebel-held areas near the Myanmar-Thailand border.
The embassy is actively taking steps to assist them, the ambassador said.
Earlier this month, a source confirmed to Morocco World News that the number of the Moroccan trapped victims is estimated at 14 nationals.
Moroccan tourists and migrant workers, is essentially a sad story of people tricked into leaving their countries with the promise of better financial and employment prospects, according to media reports and official statements by the concerned authorities in the Southeast Asian borders where these trafficking networks operate.
Instead of the job opportunities they were promised, however, they have found themselves caught in the clutches of human trafficking.
The victims, including Moroccans, mostly traveled to Thailand not as tourists; in most cases, they were instead recruited by self-proclaimed companies who claimed to be multinationals headquartered at the border between Myanmar and Thailand.
Earlier this month, the Thai ambassador to Morocco, Fabio Chinda, condemned the crimes being perpetrated by the human trafficking networks and expressed his country’s eagerness to resolve what he described as a complex problem.
