People flee to Thailand amid intense fighting in Myanmar

People from Myanmar queued at a border crossing to flee to Thailand on Friday, a day after the strategically vital town of Myawaddy fell to the anti-junta resistance, which has been growing in strength. The number of people crossing over from Myawaddy to Thailand’s adjoining Mae Sot doubled earlier this week to about 4,000 a day, as fighting in Myanmar intensified. At the one fully operational border crossing at Mae Sot, in the west of Thailand, many of those fleeing Myanmar said they left their homes fearing for their safety after hearing the sound of aerial bombing
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