Conflict in Myanmar drives 4,000 into Mizoram

 Conflict in Myanmar drives 4,000 into Mizoram




A battle between two ethnic armed groups in Myanmar has forced some 4,000 Chin people in the country to take refuge in Mizoram.


Officials in Champhai district of Mizoram 

said waves of Myanmar nationals began crossing a border bridge at Zokhawthar




Tiau river 

they are crossing , since the gunfights broke out on July 3. 



The river demarcates a part of the 510-km border between India and Myanmar. 





“The refugees are taking shelter in the houses of their 

  • relatives, 
  • schools, 
  • and community halls. 


They are concentrated in the Zokhawthar and Vaphai villages,” a district official said, declining to be quoted.





Volatile situation


Young Mizo Association  

“Given the volatile situation across the border, we have not asked these refugees, many of them women and children, to go back. Our villagers and members of NGOs such as the Young Mizo Association 



are looking after the basic needs of the refugees,” the official said.


Lalmuanpuia Punte 

On Sunday, Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma’s political adviser Lalmuanpuia Punte reportedly visited the border area



to hold talks with the leaders of the two extremist groups for cessation of violence.


greater Zo community 

The Chins of Myanmar, and the dominant Mizos of Mizoram are members of the greater Zo community, as are the Kukis, Zomis, Hmars, and Kuki-Chins (Bangladesh).

It is not unusual for these ethnic groups to have relatives on either side of the border.

According to community elders in Zokhawthar, the refugees started trickling in after observing the movement of armed men in areas close to the border less than a week ago.


The two groups gun shots 


The “warning shots” erupted into a fierce gunfight on Saturday.

Security officials guarding the border said the fight was between the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and the Chinland Defence Force-Hualngoram (CDF-H) for the control of areas deemed strategic for border trade with India.


The two groups are part of the People’s Defence Force



that is leading a resistance movement against Myanmar’s military junta, which captured power through a coup in 2021. 


After two days of exchanging fire, the CNDF was learnt to have captured all eight camps of the CDF-H in the area.

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