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Covid-19 exacerbates looming Myanmar refugee crisis
Regional countries need to ensure access to asylum while protecting public health
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A handout photo from the Royal Thai Army on March 30 showing an injured Myanmar refugee being put on a stretcher before being taken to a hospital in Mae Sam Lap town after he crossed the Salween River while fleeing from air strikes in Myanmar's eastern Karen state.
PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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Massive refugee movements are a challenge in themselves, but managing them in a global pandemic is especially daunting.
That is the prospect facing Myanmar's neighbours as a violent crackdown by the military regime has sent city residents fleeing to the frontiers, and air raids have pushed thousands across the border into Thailand.
