India, July 6 -- Over 2,500 registered refugees from Myanmar have taken refuge in Mizoram's Champhai district amid ongoing clashes between two pro-democracy armed groups - the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and the Chinland Defence Force (CDF)-Hualngoram.

"Following heavy gunfire between the two factions at Khawmawi, villagers began crossing over in masses into Zokhawthar village in India. By our latest count, 2,579 adults had crossed over," an officer at the Zokhawthar police station told HT, adding that because of the surge of refugees and the "emergency-like situation," authorities were unable to count the children, "but the total number of refugees may have exceeded 3,000 by now."

Khawmawi in Myanmar and Zokhawthar in Mizoram ar...