Recent clashes between the Myanmar military and the ethnic Karen resistance movement across the border have prompted more than 5,000 people from Myanmar to flee into Tak’s Mae Sot district, authorities said.
Tak governor Somchai Kitcharoenrungroj said that as of Sunday, 5,358 villagers from Myanmar had crossed the Moei River to seek refuge on Thai soil.
Security officials have also extended humanitarian assistance to refugees sheltering in Mae Sot and Phop Phra districts, where those injured are being treated by medics, he said.
As the clashes along the Thai-Myanmar border escalate, reports of stray bullets and grenades…
