65 refugees from Bangladesh take shelter in Mizoram

Guwahati: Around 65 more refugees, including 27 women and 24 children, entered Mizoram's southern Lawngtlai district from Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) during the past two days.

Officials said that the refugees have taken shelter at Vathuampui village and the villagers are providing them with food.

With this, the number of refugees from CHT in the state has risen to 1,433.


On May 10, 127 refugees from CHT entered Mizoram and took shelter in 6 villages.
The newcomers belong to the Bawm and Pang communities of tribals who called themselves the Kuki-Chin.

After the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021, over 34,350 people from the Chin state of the neighbouring country fled to Mizoram and are now staying in all 11 districts of the state.

Mizoram shares a 510 km and 318 km unfenced border with Myanmar and Bangladesh, respectively.