Thousands of refugees flee into India's Mizoram state after clashes in MyanmarThousands of refugees have crossed into India's northeastern state of Mizoram after clashes between two anti-junta armed groups in neighbouring Myanmar, Indian authorities said on Monday. Refugees have been crossing into Mizoram since Jul 2 when clashes between two rival Chin groups — the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and the Chinland Defence Force-Hualngoram (CDF-H) — erupted over control of strategic areas in Myanmar’s northwestern Chin State, a senior security official told Reuters. Mizoram, which borders areas of Myanmar controlled by Chin groups and whose residents share ethnic links with the Chin people, has hosted tens of thousands of refugees since the military coup in Myanmar in 2021. Mizoram's interior minister K Sapdanga confirmed the new arrivals, but put the number of refugees at 3,000. People have come in and on humanitarian grounds, we have to provide drinking water, food and shelter," Sapdanga told Reuters.
