Myanmar: UNHCR Helps Thousands Of Karens Fleeing Fighting In Myanmar
Myanmar: UNHCR Helps Thousands Of Karens Fleeing Fighting In Myanmar The UN refugee agency is coordinating efforts to provide shelter, food and water for thousands of refugees who have crossed into northern Thailand to escape fighting between ethnic Karen rebels and Myanmar government troops. UNHCR mobilized on Monday, at the request of the Thai authorities, to help an estimated 15,000 Karen refugees who started pouring across the Moei River into Thailand early in the morning on foot and on...For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources.