Bangladeshi detainees in Thailand

Some 350 Bangladeshis are reportedly held in prison and detention centres under inhuman condition in Thailand for allegedly trespassing on that country's territory. The consular team from Bangladesh embassy that interviewed those people at the detention centres is of the view that most of them are Bangladesh nationals.   It is presumed that those people had drifted into Thai waters while trying to enter Malaysia illegally by boat.
The first question that comes to mind: How did they land themselves in such a distressful situation? Needless to say, they were desperately in search of job abroad and there must have been a criminal syndicate of unscrupulous recruiting agents and human traffickers who took advantage of their desperation to lure them into this hellhole. While determining the identities of these hapless people, the government should take steps to ferret out the culprits behind their misfortune and bring them to justice. There is nothing wrong in our youths' yearning for getting jobs abroad to change their economic lot. But they should not take to misadventure in the process.  
Had those victims of imprisonment and detention in Thailand been sufficiently aware and could distinguish between the criminal trafficking rackets and genuine recruiting agents it could have made a world of difference in their lives. The imperative is to develop this necessary awareness and the ability among them to choose the right agencies in their search for employment abroad. An effective government intervention is still awaited in this regard.