Over 20,000 Cambodians displaced along Thai border: UN

PHNOM PENH, July 31 (Reuters): 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, 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.

Here are some details from a press briefing by Andrews in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh:

Of the approximately 650,000 Cambodian civilians displaced in border regions at the end of last year, more than 20,000 are still unable to go home, with some towns and villages occupied by Thai troops, Andrews said.