Tens of thousands displaced by ethnic violence in northeast India suffer squalid conditions in camps CORRECTS PLACE- A Kuki tribal woman Phalneivah Khonsai, 35, talks to Associated Press in a relief camp in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. Khonsai ran for her life when violence struck her neighbourhood in India's restive northeast, carrying just the bare essentials in the hope that her family would return soon. Khonsai, her husband and three children left behind their house, which was torched by a mob, and made for the hills where thousands of people from their community were heading for safety. (AP Photo/Rishi Lekhi)
A Kuki tribal woman with a child prepares rice in a relief camp in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Kuki tribal woman lights fire to prepare food in a relief camp in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Flowers are placed at a burial ground of Kuki victims died during Kuki and Meitei clashes in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Security personnel check vehicles in Imphal, Manipur, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Meitei family sits in a relief camp in Imphal, Manipur, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Meitei girl sits in a relief camp in Imphal, Manipur, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Meitei man combs his hair in a relief camp in Imphal, Manipur, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Meitei girl plays in a relief camp in Imphal, Manipur, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Meitei woman and children take rest in a relief camp in Imphal, Manipur, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Meitei woman rests in a relief camp in Imphal, Manipur, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Yengsom Junksom Memi, a Meitei, talks to Associated Press n a relief camp in Imphal, Manipur, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. Mimi, used to live in Kangpokpi when attackers rampaged her home and forced her family to run for their lives, Memi first took refuge in a police station, before moving to a relief center in Imphal where she lives with other 600 displaced Meiteis. She said her house has since been taken over by the attackers. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Meitei boy rides on a bicycle in a relief camp in Imphal, Manipur, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Kuki tribal woman washes cloths outside a relief camp in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Kuki tribal children play outside their relief camp in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Kuki tribal cooks food in a relief camp in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Kuki tribal children play in a relief camp in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Kuki tribal children sit in a relief camp in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Kuki tribal woman and her daughter rest in a relief camp in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Kuki tribal children play in a relief camp in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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CORRECTS PLACE- A Kuki tribal woman Phalneivah Khonsai, 35, talks to Associated Press in a relief camp in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. Khonsai ran for her life when violence struck her neighbourhood in India's restive northeast, carrying just the bare essentials in the hope that her family would return soon. Khonsai, her husband and three children left behind their house, which was torched by a mob, and made for the hills where thousands of people from their community were heading for safety. (AP Photo/Rishi Lekhi)