1. Refugees Flee into Yunnan After Renewed Violence Along Myanmar Border
- Author:
- Peter Wood
- Publication Date:
- 03-2017
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- China Brief
- Institution:
- The Jamestown Foundation
- Abstract:
- Violence along China’s border with Myanmar is threatening yet again to spill across into Yunnan Province. According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, more than 20,000 refugees have fled into Yunnan after renewed fighting between the Kachin Independence Army and Myanmar’s Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). These refugees are the second wave after more than 3,000 fled into China in late November 2016. In response, the prefectural government has begun setting up temporary shelters (Guanchazhe, November 22, 2016). It is unclear how it will cope with the much larger, second wave.
- Topic:
- Refugee Issues, Military Affairs, Border Control, and Conflict
- Political Geography:
- China, Asia, and Myanmar