Traffickers switch to Myanmar after China erects border fence

[IroNat]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/24/traffickers-switch-to-myanmar-after-china-erects-border-fence

Human trafficking patterns are shifting in part due to a huge fence China has constructed along the country’s southern border with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar. The three-metre-high (10 feet) fence, which is electrified, topped with razor wire, equipped with motion sensors and runs for at least 1,000 kilometres (621 miles), has had a significant effect on informal migration.

“The border fence makes crossing between countries much more difficult for traffickers,” Michael Brosowski, the founder of Blue Dragon, told Al Jazeera. “Previously, they would take their victims across mountain trails and rivers into China undetected. Now that they can’t do so, the traffickers have opened up new destinations to take their victims to. We’ve seen a growth in trafficking to northern Myanmar, Cambodia and, to some extent, Laos.