Burmese refugees start leaving India

By Associated Press

Nov 18, 2023 12:13 am

GUWAHATI, India: More than half of the estimated 5,000 refugees who had fled the heavy fighting in Myanmar's western Chin state and had entered northeastern India have begun returning home, Indian officials said Thursday.

Sunday and Monday saw heavy fighting between the rebels and the Myanmar military in the Chin state across the border from Zokhawthar, a village of around 600 households in India's Mizoram state.

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