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Chin State

•  Chin State is a state in western Myanmar.
•  The 36,019-square-kilometre (13,907 sq mi) Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, Bangladesh to the south-west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to the west and Manipur to the north

 Chin National Front

•  The Chin National Front is a Chin nationalist political organization in Myanmar. The group was founded on 20 March 1988.
• This organization claims to seek a Federal Union based on selfdetermination, ethnic equality and democracy.
• The Chin people are one of the four founding members (Chin, Kachin, Shan, and Bamar) of the Union of Burma.

Chin National Army

• The Chin National Army (CNA) is a Chin nationalist insurgent group in Myanmar (Burma).
•  It is the armed wing of the Chin National Front (CNF), and was founded on 20 March 1988 alongside it.
• The CNA signed a ceasefire agreement with the government of Myanmar on 6 January 2012.

CNA seeks asylum in Mizoram

•  Myanmar-based armed insurgent group Chin National Army (CNA) has sought asylum for their families in India in the wake of the military coup in the neighbouring country.
• The CNA has asked for asylum for 40 families, Mizoram’s Champhai district deputy commissioner Maria CT Zuali told PTI.

Why Mizoram?

• The Chins of Myanmar and the Mizos of India share the same ancestry and culture.
•  It is to be noted that the Mizo people in Mizoram, India and the Chin are both Zo people, who share the same history with each other. The difference in name and dispersal across international borders resulted from a British colonial policy that drew borders on political grounds rather than ethnic ones.

Why Mizoram?

•  Thousands of members of the Chin community of Myanmar fled to Mizoram because of the military junta since the late 1980s, officials said.

 Influx of Refugees

• The district administration has issued an alert against an influx of refugees from Myanmar in the wake of the coup, officials said. A notification issued by Zuali on Tuesday instructed all villages to inform the district administration if Myanmarese refugees are seen entering their areas.
• Mizoram shares a 404 km porous international border with Myanmar.

 Influx of Refugees

• With the Myanmar military taking power, there are apprehensions in the border areas that many Myanmarese from the Chin state and other regions will flee to Mizoram.

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