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War refugees flood camps by border

Mae Hong Son caring for more than 5,000 people as fighting intensifies

Soldiers and local officials visit a refugee camp in Mae Sariang district of Mae Hong Son on Wednesday. (Photo: Radio Thailand, Mae Sariang Facebook)

More than 5,000 refugees from Myanmar are now taking shelter at refugee camps in Mae Sariang district of Mae Hong Son to escape fighting between the Karenni Army (KA) and Myanmar junta forces.

Reports on Thursday said the KA had been hit by junta airstrikes in a border town opposite the province in northern Thailand. Casualties and deaths were reported.

Many local residents reportedly had to carry injured people across the border to receive medical treatment in Thailand while others…

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