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A police officer who fled Myanmar stands in a temporary shelter at an undisclosed location in India's northeastern state of Mizoram on March 13. Mizoram officials said in mid-March the state was harbouring at least 383 Myanmar public servants who had deserted their posts, of whom 98 percent claimed to be from the police and fire service. (AFP)
A police officer who fled Myanmar stands in a temporary shelter at an undisclosed location in India's northeastern state of Mizoram on March 13. Mizoram officials said in mid-March the state was harbouring at least 383 Myanmar public servants who had deserted their posts, of whom 98 percent claimed to be from the police and fire service. (AFP)

Pangs of guilt: Exiles in India torn between safety and resistance

Volunteer networks and cross-border ethnic and family ties have ensured a refuge for thousands who’ve fled overland to India’s Mizoram state, but some long to return to Myanmar to rejoin the anti-coup struggle.

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