BEIJING (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency on Friday urged China to grant it access to the Myanmar border, where thousands of people have fled over the past week from fighting between Myanmar's army and rebels.
Myanmar's successful offensive in Kokang against the rebel Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, a local ethnic Chinese group, sparked an exodus of about 37,000 refugees into China's neighbouring Yunnan province last week.
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