Fake job rackets luring Indians to Southeast Asian nations, many trapped: Centre
3 min readBy Online Desk
The Ministry of External Affairs has mentioned that many Indian youths lured by faux job recruitment provides have been trapped in Southeast Asian nations together with Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan informed the Rajya Sabha {that a} complete of 414 Indians have been trapped by companies promising faux IT jobs in Myanmar and 292 of them have been repatriated to India.
The Indian mission in Cambodia additionally rescued over 180 Indian nationals trapped in related scams and repatriated them to India.
“Since July 2022, our missions in Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia have issued various detailed advisories, upon receiving information that Indian nationals were being entrapped in fake job rackets, to alert the job seekers, and advised them to verify all antecedents of recruiting agents and companies before accepting an employment offer and not be enticed and entrapped in fraudulent job offers in these countries,” the minister mentioned.
“The ministry in coordination with the Indian missions/posts abroad and offices of Protector of Emigrants in India takes quick and decisive action whenever instances of exploitation of job seekers by illegal agents come to notice. A list of 2,548 illegal agents has been notified on the eMigrate portal. This information is regularly updated based on complaints filed by aggrieved individuals,” mentioned Muraleedharan.
“Complaints against illegal agents and dubious IT firms luring Indian youths with false recruitment offers through various channels are regularly shared with the respective state governments for suitable action against the culprits under extant laws,” added the minister, whereas responding to a query by MPs Pramod Tiwari, S Kalyanasundaram, M Mohamed Abdulla and Dr Kirodi Lal Meena.
Fifteen Indian nationals duped by faux job provides from crime syndicates in Myanmar have been repatriated on Wednesday in keeping with the Embassy of India in Yangon. Earlier, in March 2023, eight Indians who have been victims of such syndicates have been repatriated from the Southeast Asian nation.
@IndiainMyanmar immediately repatriated 15 extra Indian nationals who have been victims of job provides of transnational crime syndicates in Myanmar. They left Yangon for Delhi from the place they’d go to their respective native locations in India.@MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/NIZeKhauBI
— India in Myanmar (@IndiainMyanmar) July 26, 2023
The Ministry of External Affairs has mentioned that many Indian youths lured by faux job recruitment provides have been trapped in Southeast Asian nations together with Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan informed the Rajya Sabha {that a} complete of 414 Indians have been trapped by companies promising faux IT jobs in Myanmar and 292 of them have been repatriated to India.
The Indian mission in Cambodia additionally rescued over 180 Indian nationals trapped in related scams and repatriated them to India.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“Since July 2022, our missions in Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia have issued various detailed advisories, upon receiving information that Indian nationals were being entrapped in fake job rackets, to alert the job seekers, and advised them to verify all antecedents of recruiting agents and companies before accepting an employment offer and not be enticed and entrapped in fraudulent job offers in these countries,” the minister mentioned.
“The ministry in coordination with the Indian missions/posts abroad and offices of Protector of Emigrants in India takes quick and decisive action whenever instances of exploitation of job seekers by illegal agents come to notice. A list of 2,548 illegal agents has been notified on the eMigrate portal. This information is regularly updated based on complaints filed by aggrieved individuals,” mentioned Muraleedharan.
“Complaints against illegal agents and dubious IT firms luring Indian youths with false recruitment offers through various channels are regularly shared with the respective state governments for suitable action against the culprits under extant laws,” added the minister, whereas responding to a query by MPs Pramod Tiwari, S Kalyanasundaram, M Mohamed Abdulla and Dr Kirodi Lal Meena.
Fifteen Indian nationals duped by faux job provides from crime syndicates in Myanmar have been repatriated on Wednesday in keeping with the Embassy of India in Yangon. Earlier, in March 2023, eight Indians who have been victims of such syndicates have been repatriated from the Southeast Asian nation.
@IndiainMyanmar immediately repatriated 15 extra Indian nationals who have been victims of job provides of transnational crime syndicates in Myanmar. They left Yangon for Delhi from the place they’d go to their respective native locations in India.@MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/NIZeKhauBI
— India in Myanmar (@IndiainMyanmar) July 26, 2023
