Local media reports stated that many of them were from the Myanmar police and fire services
A village leader said that more than 100 people who fled from Myanmar have entered a small village in the northeast of India, which scores already after a military coup in the neighboring South East Asian country last month. Was.
A total of 116 Myanmar nationals crossed the Tiau River and reached the village of Farken via a stretch, where paramilitary Assam Rifles personnel from India were not present, he told Ramalia, president of the Farcon Village Council, a community-based body. He uses a name.
State or federal government officials had no immediate comment. The village is in the state of Mizoram.
When people crossed over from Myanmar, Mr. Ramalia did not provide details.
Local media reports stated that many of them were from the Myanmar police and fire services.
Last week, India’s Home Ministry briefed four Indian states on the border of Myanmar – Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh – to prevent refugees from entering India on humanitarian grounds.
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The ministry said the states were not authorized to grant refugee status to anyone entering India from Myanmar, as India is not a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol.
The Indian police has detained at least seven Myanmar police officers. He told the Indian authorities that they fled because the Myanmar army was on its way after refusing to obey his orders.
The Indian police did not say what orders were refused by the authorities. They wore civilian clothes and were not armed.
Earlier this month, Myanmar asked India to return police officers crossing the border.
India shares a 1,643-kilometer (1,020 mi) border with Myanmar, and is home to thousands of Myanmar refugees in various states.
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