5,000 Myanmar Refugees Enter Mizoram, Aid Groups Work Hard On Relief
NDTV
The Young Mizo Association (YMA), other non-profits and the village council have provided food, clothes and medicines to the refugees who living in tents in Zokhawthar
Another humanitarian crisis is unfolding as over 5,000 Myanmar nationals have taken shelter in Zokhawthar in Mizoram's Champhai district after fleeing from the violence in the junta-run nation. Many civil society groups have reached out to help the refugees.
The Young Mizo Association (YMA), other non-profits and the village council have provided food, clothes and medicines to the refugees who living in tents in Zokhawthar.
The fresh rush of refugees happened after an airstrike by the Myanmar army along the Indo-Myanmar border. The Myanmar military is fighting rebel groups that seek to overthrow the junta.