NEW DELHI, 21 May 2021, (TON): Spokesman for the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Stephane Dujarric has confirmed that an estimated 4,000 to 6,000 refugees from Myanmar have sought safety in India.

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that in Myanmar, as of last week, approximately 60,700 women, children and men have been internally displaced.

Sources in New Delhi reported that India Army is facilitating the Rohingya refugees as dead bodies of Rohingyas recovered from different districts and river has earned a lot of embarrassment for India.

More than 1,700 refugees have crossed into Thailand in March and April, most of whom subsequently returned to Myanmar, and an estimated 4,000 to 6,000 have sought safety in India. Earlier India did not allow Bangladeshi Rohingyas to enter its territories and killed may of them who refused to return. Bank may years, New Delhi settled a bulk of refugees from Myanmar in disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir.

The UN team in Myanmar has called on all countries across the region to offer refuge and protection to all people seeking safety, while humanitarian workers should be granted access to help them.

Myanmar shares an over 1,600 km long un-fenced land border with India as well as a maritime boundary in the Bay of Bengal. Four North-Eastern states – Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram share the international boundary with Myanmar.