Refugee Exodus

Tens of thousands of refugees fled Burma as the ruling military junta clashed with minority ethnic rebels in the wake of hotly disputed Nov. 7 elections.

2010.11.09

Up to 20,000 refugees poured into the border town of Mae Sot in neighboring Thailand a day after the polls, fleeing fighting in Myawaddy and Three Pagodas Pass between government forces and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA). Thai authorities said the refugees were beginning to return home after they were given an assurance by the junta that the situation had stabilized, although reports said some fighting persisted.

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