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\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nSecurity concerns<\/strong><\/p>\nZaw Di, who runs the camp, explained that problems for refugees have increased along with fighting in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are all the time worried because we can\u2019t say when the fighting will return. As the war dragged on, our livelihood became more difficult because we can no longer work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen there are security concerns. That is why, in my opinion, [getting an adequate amount of] food will be the most important for the refugee camps.\u201d<\/p>\n
Myanmar\u2019s military overthrew the democratically elected National League for Democracy government on Feb. 1, claiming the party had stolen the country\u2019s November 2020 ballot through voter fraud.<\/p>\n
The junta has yet to provide evidence of its claims and has violently repressed anti-coup protests, killing at least 1,300 people and arresting 7,700 others, according to the Bangkok-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.<\/p>\n
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in September that more than 120,000 people have been displaced by fighting since May 21 in Kayah and southeastern Shan states, as well as tens of thousands in\u00a0Chin, Kachin and\u00a0Karen states, as well as Magway and Sagaing regions.<\/p>\n
In late August, OCHA announced that the number of people who need humanitarian aid in Myanmar had increased to nearly two million since the military coup. Those displaced by the recent fighting join more than 500,000 refugees from decades of conflict between the military and ethnic armed organizations, or EAOs, who were already counted as internally displaced persons at the end of 2020, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, a Norwegian NGO.<\/p>\n
Reported by RFA\u2019s Myanmar Service. Translated by Khin Maung Nyane<\/em><\/strong>. Written in English by Joshua Lipes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \n \n
\r\nThis content originally appeared on Radio Free Asia<\/a> and was authored by Radio Free Asia.
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