Phnom Penh: In the first six months of 2026, the General Department of Immigration of the Ministry of Interior suspended the processing of 198 Cambodian women. The detentions were made after immigration officers raised suspicions, examined and questioned them until they were found to have traveled without a clear purpose, namely related to human trafficking.
The issue of Cambodian women who are victims of being trafficked abroad is a core issue that Deputy Prime Minister Sar Sokha, Minister of the Interior and Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, pays attention to, in line with the wise leadership principles of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia.
At the closing ceremony of the conference to summarize the work of combating human trafficking in 2025 and set the direction for 2026, Mr. Sar Sokha instructed the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, local authorities, and all relevant actors in society to continue to pay close attention to increasing public awareness and education by all means to the public about the dangers of human trafficking.
The Head of the Ministry of Interior also highlighted that day by day Domestic and foreign criminals have continued to use all kinds of tricks and means to deceive and lure Cambodian citizens under the guise of marrying foreign husbands for wealth or to lure them to work abroad for high salaries, etc.
It should be noted that in the first six months of 2025, more than 5,000 Cambodian citizens who committed various crimes abroad were sent back to Cambodia by foreign authorities, while Cambodian authorities also cooperated in rescuing 180 Cambodian women who were sent back to their homeland after being deceived by middlemen to marry foreigners.
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