Thousands of foreigners freed from scam centres in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, three sources told Reuters on Monday.

Thai and Cambodian police raided a building in a border town and freed 215 foreigners, a senior Thai official said on Sunday, in an expansion of a regional crackdown against cyber scam centres. Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centres and illegal online operations across Southeast Asia,

Cambodian police have rescued 215 foreigners, 109 of them Thais, from a scam compound in Poipet city following stepped-up collaboration to combat scam gangs between Thailand and Cambodia.The operation followed Friday's urgent meeting between Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot,