Over 2000 flee Myanmar and camp on Thailand border

Heavy fighting between the Myanmar military, which seized power in a coup last year, and resistance fighters has killed or displaced thousands of civilians in this region and elsewhere. This has forced thousands of Myanmar villagers to live under makeshift tents alongside a river that borders Thailand. They are fearful of returning to homes they said had been bombarded by military air raids, but reluctant to seek refuge across the frontier.
Estimated 2,000 men, women and children were seen on the Thai side of the Moei River, living under tarps on the opposite bank in four separate locations
About 8,000 Myanmar refugees are already staying in temporary shelters in Thailand, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
UNHCR has supplied mosquito nets, sleeping mats, blankets and facemasks to support the humanitarian response being led by Thai authorities. Elsewhere in Myanmar, there have been reports of a village in the northern Sagaing division being allegedly attacked on Friday by the military.