we're told the border state of manipur had originally told officials to 'politely turn away�* new arrivalse bbc�*s anbarasan ethirajan in delhi. what the authorities did was, they were watching what was happening in the neighbouring north indian state, for hundreds of people from myanmar have already taken refuge, and the government of india is concerned about what it means for its relations with the myanmar government at the moment, the militaryjunta there. in the last few days, there are reports that many myanmar nationals are trying to flee the violence, and one doctor was quoted as saying by the reuters news agency that people had been admitted to a hospital in manipur with gunshot wounds. because the border is not clearly demarcated, there are lots of forested areas, it is very easy within this border in manipur, once you move away from the border crossing it is like you don't know where you are, so it is easy for these people to cross into manipur. many armed groups in myanmar spent decades fighting the military for greater control — and now some are helping the anti—coup movement. h