Stranded refugees need urgent aid 1 Karen activist urges govt to allow access to Thai-Myanmar border published : 31 May 2021 at 04:30 1 Karen refugees fleeing the armed conflict in Myanmar's Karen state wait on the bank of the Salween River along the Thai-Myanmar border. Saw Kha Pay Mu Nu Thousands of Karen refugees fleeing the armed conflict in Myanmar are still stranded along the banks of the Salween River, with no shelter or access to food and healthcare, activists said, as they called on the Thai military to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered to the border. Karen Peace Support Network (KSPN) revealed at an online public discussion forum last week that up to 70,000 people, or about 90% of the rural population in Myanmar's Karen state have been displaced by conflict over the past three months.