Myanmar airstrikes cause thousands to flee across Thailand border
About 3,000 estimated to have crossed over after junta attacks areas mostly populated by Karen people
A series of airstrikes by Myanmar’s military has driven thousands of people across the country’s border with Thailand, adding a new dimension to an already volatile and deadly crisis.
The strikes in areas populated predominantly by ethnic Karen people began on Saturday. Since then an estimated 3,000 villagers have fled across the Salween River into Thailand and an unknown number have become internally displaced in the jungles on the Myanmar side of the river.
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