20,000 Cambodians ‘still displaced’ along Thai border

Vehicles carrying people fleeing clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops queue at a refugee camp set up in Chong Kal, Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, on Dec 10, 2025. (Photo: Reuters)

PHNOM PENH - ⁠More ⁠than 20,000 Cambodian civilians remain ​displaced along the country’s border with Thailand following two rounds of ​fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbours ‌last year, a UN expert said on Friday, following a visit to the disputed frontier.

Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, also called on Cambodian authorities to crack ​down harder ⁠on scam centres, which have proliferated across parts of the country.