A total of 11,986 Indonesians have filed requests for repatriation between January and June this year. The figure has more than doubled compared with the 5,088 repatriation requests recorded throughout 2025.

“Some of the Indonesian citizens [awaiting repatriation] are currently staying at shelters, both at the Indonesian Embassy’s shelter and other shelters in Cambodia,” Heni Hamidah, the foreign ministry’s director for citizen protection, told a press briefing on Wednesday.

“They are all in process of being repatriated, particularly while waiting for the issuance of emergency travel documents,” she said.

Shifts within the multi-billion-dollar global cyber scam industry have continued to unfold after Cambodia, long regarded as a major hub for scam operations, launched a massive crackdown amid mounting international pressure late last year. Cambodia has raided more than 250 scam compounds and 91 casinos linked to cybercrime so far.

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The crackdown resulted in the arrest of thousands of suspected organizers of scam operations, and the deportation of nearly 50,000 foreign nationals, Cambodian authorities have said. According to news reports, the scale of Cambodia’s mass expulsions have strained the country’s immigration system, with thousands described as stranded in overcrowded detention centers, shared apartments or on the streets.

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