The military crackdown in Myanmar has forced scores of refugees over the border into India. Several Myanmar police officers say they fled after defying army orders to shoot opponents of last month’s coup. But last week, India’s Home Ministry told four Indian states bordering Myanmar, including Mizoram, to take measures to prevent refugees from entering India except on humanitarian grounds. India shares a 1,643-kilometer (1,020-mile) border with Myanmar, and is home to thousands of refugees from Myanmar in different states. Image; An Indian looks at the Myanmar side across Tiau river which bifurcated India and Myanmar, in Champhai village in Mizoram, India, Saturday, March 20, 2021.

Source: Egypt Independent March 21, 2021 07:07 UTC